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ID H0160
Bill
Status
2/17/2023
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Requires persons to review and sign risk/benefit fact sheets before receiving health care services from district health departments, except for newly offered services during the first 30 days.
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Risk/benefit fact sheets must include plain language descriptions of the service, potential benefits, potential risks and side effects, and disclosure of unapproved or experimental medical products.
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Board of trustees of Idaho district boards of health shall annually develop and adopt risk/benefit fact sheets and detailed analyses for all existing health care services by administrative rule.
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District boards of health must approve proposed fact sheets by majority vote; if 25% or more of statewide district board members vote against adoption, dissenting members may adopt a minority report that must be transmitted to the legislative services office.
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Public health districts and the state department of health and welfare are prohibited from independently adopting or publishing their own risk/benefit fact sheets; the board of trustees shall collaborate with districts in developing them.
Legislative Description
Amends and adds to existing law to provide that, prior to receiving a health care service from a district health department, a person must first review and sign a risk/benefit fact sheet and to provide for the adoption of risk/benefit fact sheets by administrative rule.
HEALTH
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
2/20/2023