Senate Health and Welfare committee advances two gubernatorial reappointments, hears from blind professor on third nomination

The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send two gubernatorial reappointments to the Senate floor with recommendations for confirmation and held a virtual hearing for a third nominee on Jan. 24, 2025. The committee approved forwarding Alan Schneider's reappointment to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and later approved forwarding Dr. Timothy Rerich's reappointment to the State Board of Health and Welfare. The committee also heard from Mark Watkins, a professor at Brigham Young University–Idaho, who appeared virtually in support of his reappointment to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

The action returns Schneider and Rerich to the full Senate for consideration. Schneider's reappointment was moved and seconded and the committee…