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Committee rejects portion of genetic counselors' code of ethics incorporated in administrative rule
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a pending administrative rule docket and voted to remove a subsection of the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics from incorporation by reference in an IDAPA rule, citing committee concerns about language in the incorporated code.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a pending administrative rule docket (IDAPA 24.24.01.002) and then voted to reject a specific subsection of the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics (April 2017) that had been incorporated by reference in the final rule.
Senator Bierke moved to approve pending docket number 24‑2401‑2401; the committee agreed by voice vote. Bierke then moved to reject the identified subsection of the code of ethics incorporated by reference; the motion was seconded and the committee voted to reject the listed subsection of the incorporated document. Committee members later corrected the citation on the record, specifying the proper subsection number before repeating the motion and again recording a voice vote rejecting that subsection.
A committee member who recounted prior discussions said the objection centered on a portion of the incorporated code that enumerated nondiscrimination standards, listing multiple identities and statuses the code protected. The senator explained the committee was moving to strike the subsection because members had concerns with language in the incorporated document. "It was...a code of conduct that had some concerning information or concerning points to committee members," the senator said, summarizing the earlier debate.
Committee procedure required two motions because of the order in which the docket and the incorporation language had to be handled on the record; after the motions the committee recorded the rejection of the specified subsection of the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics in IDAPA 24.24.01.002.
The committee did not adopt alternative nondiscrimination language during the hearing, nor did it enact statutory changes; the action removes the referenced subsection from that rule's incorporated material. The committee noted the correction to the subsection citation on the record before redoing the vote to ensure the record matched the intended regulatory edit.
