Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to remove obsolete provisions and to revise provisions regarding disclosure of records.

Consistent with the Governor's Red Tape Reduction Act, this bill seeks to eliminate inactive provisions of law. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION: During the process of reauthorizing Idaho’s administrative rules in 2019, IDAPA 16.02.08.900 “Request and Consent for Artificial Insemination” and 16.02.08.251(e)(the filing fee) were not reauthorized. Idaho Code section 39-5403(2-3) outlines the requirements to file copies of the request and consent for artificial insemination. There have been no filings of these reports to the Department of Health andWelfareandtheDepartmentdoesnotneedtohavethem. Deletingthesetwosectionswillremoveunneeded regulation from Idaho’s laws. FRAUD PREVENTION: Currently, Idaho Vital Records law is overly narrow on how it allows interaction with law enforcement and other agencies to prevent fraud. IC 39-270 limits the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics to providing information when the fraud is related to benefit payments and when it is requested by another agency. The proposed changes will enable the Bureau to proactively work with relevant agencies to prevent all types of fraud. This legislation would also allow information from certificates to be shared for child protection as well as child support enforcement.