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Committee backs bill moving laboratory rules into statute, allows state lab to set market fees
2611235 · February 26, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 198 moves several laboratory-related administrative rules into statute and authorizes the state laboratory to set testing fees at market rates so it does not undercut private labs; the committee voted to advance the bill to the floor.
Senator Carl Bjerke presented House Bill 198 to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, saying the bill transfers multiple IDAPA (administrative rule) chapters governing clinical laboratory quality assurance, drinking water laboratory certification, clandestine drug cleanup and state laboratory fees into statute.
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