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Senate panel sends licensing overhaul for hospitals, care facilities to Senate floor
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on voice vote recommended Senate Bill 1015 be sent to the floor. The bill consolidates Idaho licensing rules for hospitals, nursing homes and other providers to align with federal CMS standards and repeals overlapping state rules.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1015 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, moving a broad package that would consolidate state licensing rules for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care facilities and repeal overlapping state rules.
The bill, presented by Senator Kamille Blaylock, would replace numerous existing Idaho statutes and IDAPA rules with a streamlined licensing structure that aligns state licensing standards with federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conditions of participation. "I respectfully ask for your support in sending this bill to the floor with the due…
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