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Senate Health and Welfare committee forwards two reappointments, hears one nominee’s testimony
Summary
The committee voted to send two gubernatorial reappointments to the full Senate with recommendations for confirmation and heard testimony from a third nominee to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, whose vote was deferred to the next meeting.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Jan. 24 voted to send two gubernatorial reappointments to the full Senate with recommendations for confirmation and heard from a third nominee to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The committee approved the reappointment of Alan Schneider and, after a brief procedural confusion over a missing second, advanced the gubernatorial reappointment of Dr. Timothy Rerich to the Senate floor with a recommendation that he be confirmed. The committee heard testimony from Mark Watkins, a reappointment nominee to the commission, and recorded that his confirmation vote will occur at the committee’s next meeting.
The actions matter because the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired advises the state on services and programs for Idahoans with visual impairments, and the State Board of…
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