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Health and Welfare director backs large deregulatory repeal bill; committee introduces RS 31827
Summary
Department of Health and Welfare Director Alex Adams presented RS 31827, a proposed repeal of roughly 150 obsolete statutory sections. The committee introduced the RS by voice vote; proponents said there is no fiscal impact.
Alex Adams, director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, asked the House Health and Welfare Committee to introduce RS 31827, a proposal he described as a deregulatory effort to repeal roughly 150 obsolete statutory sections and clean up cross-references.
Adams said the sections targeted are “zombie programs” that have not operated or been funded for years and that the proposal would reduce clutter in the statutes. "So, 150 get repealed, fiscal impact is $0.00 because not 1 of these programs is operational," Adams said. He asked the committee to send RS 31827 to print.
Representative McCain moved to introduce the RS and committee members approved the introduction by voice vote. Representative Kaler asked for clarification whether the sections were unfunded and therefore inactive; Adams and witnesses confirmed the sections have effectively ceased to exist because they have not been funded.
The committee did not place fiscal notes or programmatic follow-up requirements on the record beyond Adams’ statement that there was no fiscal impact.
