Health and Welfare committee sends five draft measures to print on prescribing, tires, foster care, assisted living and medical records

At a meeting of the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee, members voted by voice to send five requests (RS) to print for further consideration: RS32220 (psychology prescribing supervision), RS3214 (waste tire cleanup pilot), RS32351 (foster care timelines), RS32348 (residential care and assisted-living regulations), and RS31947C1 (medical records for Social Security disability applicants).

The measures range from administrative and regulatory changes to a three-year environmental pilot. Senators who introduced the RSs said the changes are meant to streamline processes, reduce barriers, and address delays in services.

Sen. Mark Harris, Idaho state senator for District 35, introduced RS32220, saying the measure “basically improves and streamlines practice of psychology in the state of Idaho.” Harris told the committee the bill replaces a supervision model for provisional prescribing psychologists with a collaborative agreement model and eliminates a permanent advisory panel; he said only eight prescribing psychologists have been authorized in Idaho since the original prescribing law passed eight years ago. The committee voted to send RS32220 to print; the motion was moved by Sen. Shippey and seconded by Sen. Buerke. The committee used a voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.

Harris also introduced RS3214, a proposed three-year pilot to encourage recyclers to clean up roughly 20 abandoned tire piles. He said the proposal would provide partial reimbursement for transportation, processing and…