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Committee rejects section of genetic counselors’ code of ethics incorporated by reference in administrative rule
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved motions to process an administrative docket and to reject a specified subsection of the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics that had been incorporated by reference into an IDAPA rule.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved processing for an administrative rule docket and then voted to reject a specified subsection of the National Society of Genetic Counselors’ Code of Ethics that had been incorporated by reference into an Idaho administrative rule.
Vice Chair Senator Bierke moved to approve the pending docket numbered 24-2401-2401. The committee approved that motion by voice vote. Bierke then moved to reject a subsection of the incorporated code of ethics; the committee approved the rejection by voice vote. Later in the same hearing, committee members corrected the record to specify the correct subsection number and repeated a motion to reject section 2, subsection 3 of the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics as incorporated in IDAPA 24.24.01.002; that motion was approved.
Committee members discussed the substance of the rejected language. A senator summarized that the incorporated code had contained a “code of conduct” that listed nondiscrimination standards and “a long list of people and identities that couldn’t be discriminated against,” and committee members said they had previously questioned whether the incorporated language would change practice or conflict with other provisions. The committee record shows concern over specific provisions in the incorporated material; the transcript indicates considerable back-and-forth about which subsection number was the correct reference and how the rule had been handled in prior committee action.
The committee did not record a detailed roll-call tally on the rejection motions in the transcript. No amendments to the rule text other than the rejection motion were recorded.
Ending: Committee members corrected a numbering error in their earlier motion and re-took the motion to ensure the record reflected the proper subsection being rejected. The committee then adjourned after concluding other items on the agenda.
