2023 Legislative Updates

Thanks to the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians for sharing their legislative monitoring efforts on rural health, primary care and medical education.

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

Thanks to the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians for sharing their legislative monitoring efforts on rural health, primary care and medical education.

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

Thanks to the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians for sharing their legislative monitoring efforts on rural health, primary care and medical education.

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

Thank you to the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians for sharing their legislative monitoring efforts related to rural health, primary care and medical education.

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

Thank you to the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians for sharing their legislative monitoring efforts related to rural health, primary care and medical education.

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

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