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Sen. Brian Lenny files RS31856 to limit public-health districts' broad authority
Summary
Senator Brian Lenny introduced RS31856 to add accountability to county public-health districts and require health actions be grounded in science. Senators asked whether public-health boards and others had been consulted; the committee voted to send the request to print.
Senator Brian Lenny introduced RS31856 on behalf of District 13 to tighten oversight of Idaho’s public-health districts, saying the measure would add accountability and require health actions to be supported by “solid science.”
“First thing it does is it tightens the rein on our public health districts by adding a layer of accountability to prevent … the type of government overreach we saw during COVID,” Lenny said. “The second thing it does is it ensures that any health action taken is backed by solid … science and truly…
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