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Committee introduces RS31799 and RS31828, moving newborn screening to statute and trimming health-care rules
Summary
Sen. Blaylock presented two regulatory bills: RS31799C1 would move newborn screening requirements into Idaho code; RS31828C1 would remove duplicative state rules for hospitals and long‑term care providers. The committee voted to introduce both bills and send them to print by voice vote.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to introduce two pieces of proposed legislation after brief presentation and discussion by Sen. Blaylock.
The first measure, RS31799C1, would transfer oversight of newborn screening requirements from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to the Legislature by codifying those requirements in Idaho law rather than agency rule. “This is a requirement that has been in place for health providers since 1921,” Sen. Blaylock told the committee, and he said the draft moves existing rules into statute without creating substantive new…
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