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Health and Welfare committee approves repeal of state hospital licensing rules pending statutory fix
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to adopt a docket that repeals state hospital licensing rules and awaits companion legislation to align state licensing with federal CMS standards.
The House Health and Welfare Committee on a voice vote approved a rule docket that repeals Idaho's existing hospital-licensing chapter and directs the department to seek a statutory solution making Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) licensing sufficient for state licensure.
The move, presented by Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief for the Department of Health and Welfare, would remove the state chapter on hospital licensing and leave broader authority to a Senate bill planned to deem CMS-licensed hospitals as…
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