Idaho Bills
639 bills · 2018 Regular Session
Repeals, amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding credit unions.
64 – 0
Amends existing law to provide applicability and to remove a provision regarding rebuttable presumptions.
54 – 14
Adds to existing law to provide for transparency for pharmacy benefit managers.
Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs) are middlemen that were originally designed to reduce administrative costs for insurers, validate patient eligibility, administer plan benefits, as well as negotiate costs between pharmacies and health plans. Today PBMs have control over almost all aspects of the prescription drug transactions, with the three largest PBMs managing 78 percent of the prescription drug benefit transactions. The purpose of this legislation is to establish a Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act that includes registration and disclosure of information requirements. In addition, it would establish transparency of the covered prescription drug lists and the methodology that determines how reimbursement to the pharmacies is ultimately calculated.
Adds to existing law to enact the School Turnaround Act.
28 – 7
Amends existing law to revise certain definitions regarding disabilities to include persons with mental disabilities.
49 – 19
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding who may carry a concealed weapon.
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for fingerprint-based criminal background checks of certain applicants and licensees, to provide for the retention and destruction of certain fingerprints and to provide rights for certain fingerprinted individuals.
32 – 0
Amends existing law to revise the requirements for a delegation of powers by a parent or guardian.
Adds to existing law to define a term, to prohibit discrimination against living organ donors, and to provide for enforcement.
51 – 12
Amends existing law to provide that the State Board of Education may appoint executive staff.
ThelegislationwillallowtheStateBoardofEducationtorestructurethestaffoftheStateBoardofEducation to support implementation of the Higher Education Task Force recommendations. Additional positions will still require approval by the Idaho Legislature.
Amends existing law to increase the state's share of the public school transportation program, to remove language regarding state Department of Education training and fee assessments and depreciation and maintenance, to provide for a phase out and to provide for distribution of savings.
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding employees who bring a civil action.
The purpose of this bill is to set guidelines regarding cases brought under what is commonly referred to as thewhistle-bloweract. Inthe1970s, Idahohadsovereignimmunity, whichpreventedpersonsfromsuingthe government. The state and political subdivisions agreed to waive sovereign immunity, but the legislature passed the Idaho Tort Claims Act in order to regulate claims against government. This bill clarifies that whistle-blower claims fall within the rules set by the tort claims act.
Appropriates an additional $25,000 to the Lava Hot Springs Foundation for fiscal year 2018.
59 – 9
Amends existing law to provide that a collection agency licensee, a collection agency or its agent or a creditor citizen may collect interest or incidental fees, charges or expenses if expressly authorized by the agreement creating the debt.
Through this amendment, the Idaho law will more closely mirror the federal regulation and will clarify several issues that collection agencies are faced with. The amendment adds subsection (b) and relabels subsections (c) through (f).
Adds to existing law to provide for retrocession of civil or criminal jurisdiction for Indian tribes, to provide a process for retrocession and to provide limits for retrocession.
Appropriates additional moneys to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2018.
This is an FY 2018 supplemental appropriation bill for the Idaho Transportation Department in the Capital Facilities Program. It provides an additional $1,381,300 in onetime capital outlay from the State Highway Fund for the purpose of repairing its District 3 maintenance shop.
68 – 0
Appropriates additional moneys to the Department of Correction for fiscal year 2018; and reduces the appropriation to the Department of Correction for fiscal year 2018.
64 – 3
Repeals, amends and adds to existing law regarding the Idaho Unclaimed Property Act.
This proposed legislative change updates the Idaho Unclaimed Property Act recognizing new technology and processes used to re-unite unclaimed property with it's owners.
Appropriates $3,324,400 to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 21.75; and provides legislative intent regarding trustee and benefit payments distribution.
66 – 2
Amends existing law to provide that senior or emeritus members of the Idaho State Bar may provide certain instruction.
66 – 0
Amends, repeals and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the retail sale of liquor by the drink; to revise provisions governing the sale of beer; to revise provisions governing the County Option Kitchen and Table Wine Act; and to provide for clerk and server training.
Amends existing law to revise campaign finance reporting requirements for candidates, lobbyists and public officials, and to revise duties of the Secretary of State and county clerks with respect to campaign finance reporting.
Appropriates $697,800 to the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2019; and limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 4.00.
This is the FY 2019 original appropriation bill for the State Independent Living Council. It appropriates $697,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 4.00. For benefit costs, the bill removes $1,450 per eligible FTP to bring the annual employer contribution for health insurance down to $11,650 by including a two-month employee and employer premium holiday, adds a 6.8% increase for life insurance, and adjusts funding for workers' compensation in amounts that vary by agency. Inflationary adjustments include $700 for building rent increases. For statewide cost allocation, there is no fiscal impact, as risk management costs will decrease by $100, and State Controller fees will increase $100, for a net change of zero. This bill also provides funding for a 3% ongoing merit-based salary increase for permanent employees,tobedistributedatthediscretionoftheagencyhead. Thisbillfundstwolineitems: $6,600foran increase in an administrative fee charged by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Title VII grant; and $1,300 for IT/Telecommunications upgrades as recommended by the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
67 – 0
Amends and adds to existing law to provide more review and oversight for the foster care system in Idaho and to establish Citizen Review Panels and a Child Protection Legislative Review Panel.
67 – 0
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding judicial review of decisions of boards of county commissioners; and to specify procedural provisions regarding judicial review of certain local government decisions.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the standard of review used by courts in reviewing decisions made by local governments and land use boards. Currently, the law is very vague about how courts are to proceed, particularly in cases involving land use policy. This bill sets forth the criteria for appealing a local decision, and sets out the standards by which such decisions are to be judged on appeal.