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Health committee accepts residential‑care rules, rejects part of genetic‑counselor code of ethics
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee accepted rule updates for residential care facility administrators and voted to adopt and partially reject rule changes for the Genetic Counselors board, removing an incorporated section of the National Society of Genetic Counselors' code of ethics.
The House Health and Welfare Committee took action on multiple rule dockets during its rules segment and approved changes affecting licensing boards.
Katie Stewart, Bureau Chief for the Administration Bureau at the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, presented docket 2419‑01‑2401 concerning the rules of the Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators. Stewart told the committee the division is working with the board on a plan to restore a healthy cash balance, including combining the board with nursing home administrators under House Bill 28 and seeking a statutory increase in fee caps to allow negotiated rulemaking on biannual licensure fees. The committee accepted docket 2419‑01‑2401 after a motion to approve.
The committee then considered docket 2424‑000‑401 for the Genetic Counselors board. Representative Levitt moved to reject section 2, item 3 of the portion of the rules that incorporated by reference the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics into IDAPA 24.24.01. Members said the NSGC code conflicted with Idaho’s code of ethics, and the committee voted to adopt the remainder of the docket while rejecting that incorporated section.
Votes and immediate outcomes
- Committee approved docket 2419‑01‑2401 (Rules of the Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators); motion carried. - Committee approved docket 2424‑000‑401 with a separate motion rejecting section 2, item 3 (the National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics incorporated by reference); motions carried.
Provenance
Transcript span (topicintro): Committee called to order and rules item introduced at 00:00:13 (block starting 13.715) — excerpt: "The hour of 08:00 having arrived, the House Health and Welfare Committee will come to order. First order of business is roll call... First item on the next item on the agenda is rules."
Transcript span (topicfinish): Committee completed rule dockets and returned gavel at 00:07:48 (block starting 454.44) — excerpt: "Motion carries and shall be adopted. And with that, portion of the rules of this meeting is over and I will turn the gavel back over to Chairman Bandawana."
