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Senate committee introduces two health-related RS bills, sends both to print on voice votes
Summary
Senator Blaylock presented RS31799C1, moving newborn screening requirements from agency rules into Idaho code, and RS31828C1, trimming state regulatory requirements for hospitals and long-term care providers. Both measures were introduced and sent to print on voice votes.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee introduced two rulemaking statutes and voted to send both to print by voice votes.
Senator Blaylock presented RS31799C1, saying the proposal transfers newborn screening requirements from the Department of Health and Welfare’s rules into Idaho code and removes six Idaho Code sections and seven pages of agency rules. "The RS that is before you transfers the authority and oversight of newborn screening requirements from the Department of Health and Welfare to the legislature by moving them from rules into Idaho code," Blaylock said, adding the…
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