2023 Legislative Updates
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Week 12 Legislative Updates
Week 11 none this week
Week 10 Legislative Updates
Week 9 Legislative Updates
Week 8 none this week
Week 7 Legislative Updates
Week 6 Legislative Updates
Week 5 Legislative Updates
Week 4 Legislative Updates
Week 3 Legislative Updates
Weeks 1 & 2 Legislative Updates
2022 Legislative Updates
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Weeks 11 & 12 Legislative Updates
Week 10 Legislative Updates
Week 9 Legislative Updates
Week 8 Legislative Updates
Week 7 Legislative Updates
Week 6 Legislative Updates
Weeks 3, 4 & 5 Legislative Updates
Weeks 1 & 2 Legislative Updates
2021 Legislative Updates
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Final 2021 Legislative Report
Week 16 Session Wrap-up
Week 11 (ending April 9) Legislature Back After 2-week Break
Week 10 (ending March 19) Covid Causes Legislative Recess
Week 9 (ending March 12} Virtual Care Act Stalls in Committee
Week 8 (ending March 5) GME Funding Approved, Psychoactive Drugs Amendment
Week 7 (ending Feb. 26) Medicaid Supplemental Funding, Interstate Telehealth
Week 6 (ending Feb. 19) Virtual Care Act Introduced, Medicaid Stabilization Act
Week 5 (ending Feb. 12) Medical Marijuana, Coronavirus Limited Immunity
Week 4 (ending Feb. 5) Medicaid Budget, Disaster Emergencies and more
Week 3 (ending Jan. 29) Public Health Orders, Telehealth Prescribing and more
Week 2 (ending Jan. 22) Governor's executive powers, emergency declaration
Week 1 (ending Jan. 15) Governor's State of the State address, health care priorities
2020 Legislative Updates
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Week 12 (Final April 3) Updates on Legislation Signed to Law
Week 11 (ending March 20) State Legislature Wraps Up, Covid-19 Resources
Week 10 (ending March 13) Medicaid Expansion Funding Solution Stalls
Week 9 (ending March 6) $2M Appropriated for Coronavirus, County Share for Medicaid Expansion
Week 8 (nding Feb. 28) Graduate Medical Education Budget, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Week 7 (ending Feb. 21) Idaho Patient Act, Telehealth Services
Week 6 (ending Feb. 14) Surprise Medical Billing, Healthcare Provider Immunity
Week 5 (ending Feb. 7) Medical Debt Collections, Healthcare Directives Registry
Week 4 (ending Jan. 31) Telehealth Services Changes, Optometrists Scope Change
Week 3 (ending Jan. 24) JFAC Medical Education Presentation, New Legislation
Weeks 1 & 2 (ending Jan. 10 & 17) Governor Little's State of the State Address
2019 Legislative Updates
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Week 14 (ending April 12) Medicaid Expansion Signed by Governor, Session Adjourns
Week 13 (ending April 5) Hospital Assessments Proposed for Medicaid Expansion Fund
Week 12 (ending Mar. 29) More Medicaid Merry-Go-Round, Medicaid Study Committee
Week 11 (ending Mar. 22) Medicaid Merry-Go-Round, House/Senate Sideboards Bills
Week 10 (ending Mar. 15) Medicaid Expansion Stalls
Week 9 (ending Mar. 8) Medicaid Expansion Hearings
Week 8 (ending Mar. 1) Medicaid and GME Budgets Set by JFAC
Week 7 (ending Feb. 22) Naturopathic Medicine, Vaccination Exception
Week 6 (ending Feb. 15) Medicaid Expansion "sideboards", Immunization Exemption
Week 5 (ending Feb. 8) Idaho Supreme Court ruling, Partial Birth Abortion
Week 4 (ending Feb 1) Meningococcal Vaccine, Maternal Mortality Review
Week 3 (ending Jan. 25) GME programs / budget presentation, medical and pharmacy practice acts
Weeks 1 & 2 (ending Jan. 18) New faces at the Capitol, Medicaid Expansion implementation
2018 Legislative Updates
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Week Twelve (ending March 29) Bills becoming law on July 1st - RPIP Matching Funds, Grad Med Ed Funding
Week Eleven (ending March 23) Update on Grad Med Education 10-year plan, Idaho Health Plan Dead for Year
Week Ten (ending March 16) Updates on RPIP Matching Funds and Abortion Complications Reporting
Week Nine (ending March 9) Updates on Medicaid Dental Care and Felony Battery On HC Providers
Week Eight (ending March 2) Suicide Prevention in Schools, Direct Primary Care Pilot and more
Week Seven (ending Feb. 23) Immunization Notices, Plan First Idaho (family planning services)
Week Six (ending Feb. 16) Direct Primary Care Pilot Program, Health Care Billing Equity Act
Week Five (ending Feb. 9) Tobacco Age of Possession, Sales Tax Exemption for Free Clinics
Week Four (ending Feb. 2) New version Idaho Health Care Plan, Medicaid Dental Care
Week Three (ending Jan.26) Graduate Medical Education, Idaho Health Care Plan and more!
Week Two (ending Jan. 19) Idaho Health Care Plan Dual Waiver Bill, Rural Physician Incentive Program
Week One (ending Jan. 12) Executive Order on Health Insurance, Governor's State of the State Address
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2017 Legislative Updates
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Week Twelve (ending Mar 31) Education Funding, Tax Relief and Transportation Package
Week Eleven (ending Mar 24) Faith Healing, Medical Residencies, Late Adjournment
Week Ten (ending Mar 17) Idaho Accountable Community Care Act, Pharmacist Prescribing
Week Nine (ending March 10) New Gap Population Plan, Millenium Fund Changes
Week Eight (ending Mar. 3) $10 Million Gap Bill Abandoned, Telehealth bill amendments
Week Seven (ending Feb. 24) Scope of Practice Expansion, Telehealth Parity and more
Week Six - (ending Feb. 17) Partial Gap Solution Proposal Introduced by Rep. Wood
Week Five - (ending Feb. 10) Your Health Idaho Exchange Enrollment Report, etc.
Week Four - (ending Feb. 3) Health & Human Services Week at JFAC and more!
Week Three - (ending Jan. 27) WWAMI & Graduate Medical Education Presentation, etc.
Week Two - (ending Jan. 20) Your Health Idaho Annual Report to Legislature, etc.
Week One - (ending Jan. 13) Gov. Otter's State of the State Overview and more