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Committee advances bill updating Health and Welfare references, shifting some authorities to local control
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 202 to the floor after a department official described the bill as a code cleanup that corrects outdated references and returns certain responsibilities to successor agencies and local health boards.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 202 to the floor after a department official described the bill as a code cleanup tied to historical agency reorganizations and an effort to refocus the Department of Health and Welfare on its core mission.
Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee HB 202 removes outdated transition language tied to the 1995 creation of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections and to the later creation of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Larson said specific sections of state code that still reference the…
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