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Committee forwards streamlined licensing bill after debate over federal hospital definition
Summary
Senate Bill 10-15, a broad deregulation and licensing streamlining bill for hospitals and medical providers, advanced to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation after committee members questioned a provision that incorporates the federal Social Security Act/CFR hospital definition by reference.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10-15 to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation after a substantive discussion about whether Idaho should incorporate the federal definition of “hospital” by reference.
Representative Josh Wheeler, District 35, described the bill as a “streamlined Licensing and Inspection Act” that would reduce duplicative state licensing requirements for hospitals and medical providers that are already regulated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Wheeler said the bill would treat a provider that meets CMS requirements as licensed in Idaho,…
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