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Senate committee approves printing of RS31856 to limit public health districts’ broad authority
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to print RS31856, a measure sponsored by Senator Brian Lenny that would add new accountability requirements and require public health actions be grounded in science, the sponsor said. Committee members asked for clearer definitions of terms such as “broad” and “arbitrary.”
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send RS31856 to print after a brief floor-level exchange about the proposal’s scope and consequences.
Senator Brian Lenny, District 13 representing Nampa, introduced RS31856 as a response to lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and said the measure would “tighten the rein on our public health districts by adding a layer of accountability” and ensure that “any health action taken is backed by solid…science.”
The resolution would limit the broad authority…
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