Idaho Bills

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise and establish provisions regarding the licensure and inspection of hospitals.

This bill creates the Streamlined Facility Licensing Act. Hospitals have been required to be licensed by the state and CMS (to be reimbursed for services provided to Medicare or Medicaid patients). This bill makes it so that all hospitals which are certified by CMS are deemed licensed in Idaho. The bill does the same for other facility types that require CMS licensing. Finally, the bill repeals the administrative rules on skilled nursing facilities, found in IDAPA 16.03.02, the administrative rules on home health agencies, found in IDAPA 16.03.07, the administrative rules on intermediate care facilities, found in IDAPA 16.03.11, and the administrative rules on hospitals, found in IDAPA 16.03.14, as they are no longer necessary if this bill is in enacted.