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Representative Healy, sponsor of SB 1090, said the measure shortens judicial review intervals and adjusts custody timelines in the Child Protective Act \"so we can help every foster child into a supportive permanent home in a timelier manner.\" He described specific changes in the draft: the legislation shortens the time between review hearings from six months to two months, adds statutory consideration of the child’s bond with a substitute caretaker, and adjusts custody timelines cited in the bill (pages cited in committee: changes on page 5 and 7 and page 9, per sponsor remarks).

Natalie Baum, a constituent and foster parent who helped draft the bill, testified about two boys in her care who experienced lengthy delays in permanency. She described court delays that extended the boys' time in care to 22 months even after a judge expressed that returning the children to their mother was not in their best interest. \"Children deserve safe permanent homes,\" Baum told the committee.

Jared Larson of the Department of Health and Welfare said the department supports more frequent hearings as a form of intensive case management and argued such check‑ins can result in quicker resolutions and potential state savings: \"We think that you end up with a resolution that either returns the child back to permanent placement with the biological parent or another alternative, including adoption, quicker if you're having these check‑ins more frequently.\"

Representative Wheeler moved to send the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the committee agreed by voice vote. Sponsors and witnesses said the bill aims to reduce stagnation in court dockets, shorten time children spend in temporary placements and reduce long‑term foster‑care costs, but the committee did not discuss specific appropriations in the hearing.

Key bill changes discussed in committee include shortening review hearings from every six months to every two months, directing courts to consider the bond between child and foster caregiver when making permanency decisions, and altering custody‑timeline triggers identified in the bill text to promote earlier permanency.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Health & Welfare March 10, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 1090, which shortens review intervals and adjusts custody timelines to accelerate permanency decisions in foster‑care cases, was sent to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation; a constituent described delays that prolonged foster placements.","taxTitle","Health and Welfare, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Idaho","taxId",28583,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6108702,"Committee sends consented‑termination/adoption clarification to amending order",454,3629410,4083850,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2767548-4060ac90de49eb665b05f3b288e69d67&start=3629&end=4083","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2767548-4060ac90de49eb665b05f3b288e69d67/thumbnail_3629410.jpg","/articles/6108702/Idaho/Committee-sends-consentedterminationadoption-clarification-to-amending-order","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6108702-1b7d16cef9319f6d667f9fc893fceef5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448689&Signature=nHhHAc5XFQ7fyVRLKMwqZZro0ck9l7U16v6dQwsaTMzBoKjclxcQG0TeubrPn~JuXYlCBe76UueKRtg6ttrBMmrWUwSQOTZ57IbS5HDeRfgtA6SipMzaqRabItFY0UhKo2sJKtMiH9lDm4MAwZr~U0WQBa3tvS~DWtlFtu~eq8Zt71kgD7pyA6iW9FDyzTxLQ~kBBIRdAQSOqEBPeVQARWySmr4PPrqy2DwDUVtQ8HVo8tbFNdQBhhnEay0n7K5UqpOXv4RKWVTWMzDlGCtaSRxAACZAg9oONqryPcQnsWsqp8Ij-5fxfmcOD7Xqc1jJUqXbQutMLalFSlh~oJ-PtA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1021 to the amending order with committee amendments that clarify how consented terminations of parental rights are handled when the Department of Health and Welfare is involved.

Representative Rasor, sponsor of the bill, said the measure restores a practice used in 2020 that allowed termination and adoption hearings to be compressed into a single proceeding in most cases, returning to a process the state used before a court decision changed practice. \"This returns, other than in certain carefully selected situations, those two hearings back together so that the termination hearing and the adoption hearing can again be had at the same time,\" Rasor said.

Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, described the amendment as addressing \"all consented terminations,\" and said the new subsection clarifies that when a consented termination involves a child in the department's custody the process used in 2020 should apply. \"This puts all consented terminations on equal footing in Idaho law,\" Larson said.

Representative Bieswanger moved that the bill be sent to general orders with the committee amendment; the committee agreed and sent SB 1021 to the amending order with the described clarifying language. The amendment deletes two printed lines and inserts language that, in part, reads: \"a consent to termination signed by the parent or parents of the child has been filed, and the termination is initiated by the department pertaining to a child who is in the legal custody of the Department.\" The committee recorded passage of the motion and the bill will proceed to the amending order for further drafting and consideration on the floor.","The committee voted to send Senate Bill 1021 to the amending order with a committee amendment clarifying the treatment of consented terminations, including when a child is in the Department of Health and Welfare's custody.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6108706,"Committee backs resolution to let Idaho accept adoption‑related federal grant language",1261,2367250,3628710,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2767548-4060ac90de49eb665b05f3b288e69d67&start=2367&end=3628","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2767548-4060ac90de49eb665b05f3b288e69d67/thumbnail_2367250.jpg","/articles/6108706/Idaho/Committee-backs-resolution-to-let-Idaho-accept-adoptionrelated-federal-grant-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6108706-f542b51f5f00dbceb99cf31e4fad4f2d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448689&Signature=mDApfSffH9Pd0AIPEkB9n6f4EHHWcyf68ZeaZ91XR4RNnL1eOTKEH8QYtMCU8cCODG16~T~HsQ3pgvDcuF1WH7wMkWXVA9C10l~TcYoNhNR7XNDLSt9NM3QPr7DV5S5Y7KmAi-GZYSsts9PCI0NZbX-CkolUzUS3jdWYqD8hZXILgWPEsVSfvrwR2nq7bkINIPKnxKLwbMifKRzcO84fHsf04Ry8817LdAxf97xcBVdOU6y1GFvL1nKxg3Sd4RNyVa9ev3cyZcY0Ct7TWCKsBl3N6sCqaVl9Yd9iDrjz2oMqsEsAjQaC1Wyu0-sMG8SyCkV~~br~KKcUsWJaCNaPcA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Concurrent Resolution 105, introduced by Senator Julie Van Orden, was sent to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation after committee debate on Monday.

Senator Julie Van Orden told the House Health and Welfare Committee the resolution does not seek federal funds directly but asks that, if federal family‑health or family‑planning grants are made available, grant language permit Idaho to use those dollars for adoption education, birth‑mother support and adoption‑related costs. \"We are not asking Congress to send us federal funds,\" Van Orden said. \"We are asking that if grants become available in the health and welfare space ... that those funds may be used for adoption expenses.\"

Testifying in support, Terry Marcroft, who identified himself as representing Unplanned Good, urged committee members to view adoption outreach and birth‑mother support as an avenue to increase adoption placements: \"The key is to increasing that 1 percent is in building awareness about adoption as an option, and then taking much better care of the women, the brave women who choose life and then choose parents for their babies,\" Marcroft said.

Representatives offered competing procedural motions. Representative Redmond moved to send SCR 105 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; Representative Levitt moved to hold the resolution, arguing that nonprofit organizations could address adoption supports without relying on federal grant funding. Committee members split on those policy and fiscal concerns, with some arguing federal funds could be an efficient way to expand supports and others warning about increasing reliance on federal dollars.

The committee ultimately approved SCR 105 for the floor. The final disposition was recorded as a due‑pass recommendation and the resolution will be considered by the full House.

The resolution would direct state agencies to seek or accept federal grant opportunities only if the grant terms permit use of funds for adoption education, birth‑mother support and associated adoption costs; it does not itself appropriate funds or change state statute.","The committee approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 105 to direct Idaho officials to pursue federal grants that explicitly allow funds for adoption education and birth‑mother supports, sending the resolution to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6108711,"Committee holds bill that would require elected officials on district health boards",2352,11920,2364390,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2767548-4060ac90de49eb665b05f3b288e69d67&start=11&end=2364","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2767548-4060ac90de49eb665b05f3b288e69d67/thumbnail_11920.jpg","/articles/6108711/Idaho/Committee-holds-bill-that-would-require-elected-officials-on-district-health-boards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6108711-33b6eb7b9dd785aa75677668529822de/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448689&Signature=ne7uPiCSCNeK7Go34f9z0CvSPZVjSuwr6qIUEFTepdFcB8LNDe~Fd1SjmR1JJ950n75Mt1lR7BzGd2l1v645BFEWWw0UXSxvqjcAIiJ1ycRndGBM0QouCEhYnDIlLfsCnyKLHFiBBns-4-KA9gIRPCZVZZc6b1~RP9KiYuruJK~JH1skugWHfK~nSUHzu2CbzPCMxnK2g-yjwr7AysWgKBYNjsv17mK1trFxzPb-yMZb8BzOg1A2Pvk4AxtBdVVxU8Re0vwAILL6BerpkQGNSgvv67kfuA3j-RG3B3XKDqB7QNQhSoh6bs2GXgyp4RqY2m8HnWmsLEG9sCtRF3qfFw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Health and Welfare Committee on Monday voted to hold House Bill 366, a measure from Representative Doug Pickett that would require representatives on district health boards to be elected officials or elected officeholders appointed by county commissions.

Representative Doug Pickett, sponsor of HB 366, told the committee the bill is intended to ensure \"the people that they serve with are like them, accountable to the public, that they're elected.\" He said the proposal was revised after county feedback to allow counties to appoint other elected officials — for example a sheriff or clerk — if commissioners cannot serve.

The measure prompted questions about whether shifting board seats from appointed subject-matter experts to elected officials would improve accountability or remove needed expertise. Greg Furch, a former state representative who testified \"only representing myself,\" said existing law passed in 2021 (Senate Bill 1060) already gives county commissioners an oversight role because counties must act within seven days on district mandates. He said that change, combined with the ability of a county to appoint an expert, reduces the need for HB 366's restriction: \"I would suggest maybe like myself, they can appoint a citizen member to that board,\" he said, adding that removing that option could harm local decision‑making.

Other committee members pressed on logistics and potential consolidation of power. Representative McCann asked whether the proposed language would eliminate non-elected subject-matter members in some districts; Pickett said he had not done a comprehensive inventory but that county commissioners in his district raised the concern. Representative Rubell questioned why the bill would raise the threshold for removal from a majority to two-thirds in one provision; Pickett said that change came from county discussions and was not part of his original plan.

Committee debate produced competing procedural motions. Representative Kaler moved to hold the bill in committee, citing concerns about qualification and separation of powers; Representative Furman offered a substitute motion to send the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. An amended substitute and other alternatives failed by roll call before the committee voted on the hold motion.

The committee recorded a final roll‑call vote holding House Bill 366 in committee, 13 ayes to 2 nays. The two recorded opposing votes were the chair (recorded as \"No\") and Representative Furman (recorded as \"No\").

The bill remains in committee for further work; sponsors and members said the issue raises a broader policy question about where fiduciary accountability for health‑district decisions should reside.","The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to hold House Bill 366 after debate over whether district health board seats should be reserved for elected officials, with supporters citing accountability and critics warning about loss of subject-matter expertise.","actionData","errors"]

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