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Committee advances bill restricting Health and Welfare from making budget-implicating policy changes outside session
Summary
The committee voted to advance House Bill 90, a bill that would limit the Department of Health and Welfare’s ability to make policy changes with budget implications outside the legislative session, following debate about agency flexibility and a cited program deficit.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Thursday advanced House Bill 90 to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation. Sponsor Senator Brian Lenney described the bill as preventing the Department of Health and Welfare from making policy decisions that have budget implications outside the legislative session.
Lenney cited recent changes to Idaho's childcare program as an example, saying the department used state plan amendments and rule changes that he said…
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