Committee approves pending administrative docket, removes a subsection of National Society of Genetic Counselors code of ethics from IDAPA

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a pending docket and then voted to remove a subsection of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Code of Ethics that had been incorporated by reference into an IDAPA rule.

The committee first approved pending docket number 24-2401-2401 on a motion by Senator Bierke, seconded by Senator Blaylock. The committee later voted to reject a specific subsection of the NSGC Code of Ethics that had been incorporated by reference in the final rule of IDAPA 24.24.01.002; the corrected motion rejecting “section 2, subsection 3” was moved by Senator Blaylock and seconded by Senator Kaiser and carried on a voice vote with at least one recorded opposition.

Committee members clarified during discussion that the action concerned language incorporated by reference into the administrative rule, not the earlier, separate nursing exam discussion. Senator Shippey summarized the committee’s concern about the incorporated material, saying the part the committee moved to strike "had to do with, basically standards of nondiscrimination, and it listed out a long list of, people and identities that couldn't be discriminated against." The transcript shows committee members discussed that striking the subsection would not change how services are practiced but reflected concern about specific incorporated language.

The committee’s motions were procedural actions on a regulatory docket. The approved pending docket will remain part of the rulemaking record; the committee’s rejection of the cited subsection alters the portion of the NSGC Code of Ethics that the rule incorporates by reference. The committee did not provide a roll-call tally with named 'yes' votes in the transcript; the final corrected motion was approved by voice vote with at least one senator recorded as opposed.