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Senate panel receives rules primer as Health and Welfare rulebooks head to review
Summary
A Department of Financial Management official explained the state rulemaking hierarchy and the difference between temporary, pending and final rules to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee as the panel prepared to review Health and Welfare rules the following day.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee received an overview of Idaho's administrative rulemaking process and the items it will review from the Department of Health and Welfare.
Lauren Smizer, identified as bureau chief in the Department of Financial Management's rules office, told the committee the rulemaking hierarchy is led by the Idaho Constitution, followed by statutes, agency rules, and then policies and procedures. "The authority to adopt rules comes from statute," Smizer said, and agencies must follow the Administrative Procedures Act (Title 67, Chapter 52 of Idaho Code) when promulgating rules.
Smizer explained the main rule categories the committee will see: proposed rules (first drafts),…
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