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Committee approves two rules dockets, rejects a referenced ethics section for genetic counselors
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved several rule dockets and rejected a specific incorporated code-of-ethics reference for genetic counselors; committee also accepted a residential care facilities docket after the Division outlined a plan to improve cash balances.
The House Health and Welfare Committee took multiple procedural actions on administrative‑rule dockets before moving to the House floor vote on House Bill 138.
Residential care facility administrators (Docket 2419‑01‑2401)
Katie Stewart, bureau chief at the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, returned to the committee to discuss docket 2419‑01‑2401, rules of the Idaho Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators. The division presented fee and licensee data and a plan to combine the board with nursing home administrators through pending legislation (House Bill 28) and to seek a statutory fee cap increase before negotiated rulemaking. Stewart said raising the biannual licensure cap from $400 to $600 would give the board flexibility to set fees to reach a healthy cash balance. Representative McCann moved to accept the docket; the committee voted to accept docket 2419‑01‑2401 (voice vote recorded as “motion carries; docket is accepted”).
Genetic counselors (Docket 2424‑00‑2401 et seq.)
The committee considered rules for the genetic counselors board (docket 2424‑00‑2401 and related items). The committee voted to approve the rule changes but rejected an incorporated‑by‑reference section that would have included the National Society of Genetic Counselors’ Code of Ethics, finding the external code conflicted with Idaho’s code of ethics. Representative Levitt moved to reject section 2, item 3 of the incorporated reference; the motion carried and the docket was adopted with that portion rejected.
Votes at a glance
- Docket 2419‑01‑2401 (Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators): accepted (motion to approve docket carried).
- Docket 2424‑00‑2401 and related genetic counselor rules: rules approved; incorporated reference (section 2, item 3 — National Society of Genetic Counselors Code of Ethics) rejected (motion carried).
Sources and provenance
These actions were recorded in the committee hearing transcript; committee members asked for a corrective action plan on residential care board finances and debated the compatibility of an externally incorporated code of ethics with Idaho statute before voting.
