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UPDATE: 4/5/2023 - HB 244 was enacted. Governor Brad Little signed it on 3/30/2023, and the effective date is 7/1/2023. Chapter 202
UPDATE: 3/24/2023 - HB 244 passed the Senate Third Reading by a vote of 34 Yeas, 0 Nays, on 3/24/2023.
UPDATE: 3/20/2023 - HB 244 passed Second Reading and filed for Third Reading Senate on 3/20/2023.
UPDATE: 3/19/2023 - HB 244 passed the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on 3/16/2023.
UPDATE: 3/16/2023 - HB 244 had a hearing in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on 3/16/2023. Continue to contact the Senate Health & Welfare Committee members until a vote is taken. Sometimes a vote is not taken on the day of the hearing.
UPDATE: 3/14/2023 - HB 244 was referred to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on 3/14/2023.
UPDATE: 3/13/2023 - HB 244 passed the full House on third reading by a vote 57-11-2 on 3/13/2023.
UPDATE: 3/9/2023 - HB 244 was reported out of House Health and Welfare Committee with a Do Pass Recommendation on 3/9/2023.
UPDATE: 3/8/2023 - HB 244 was scheduled for a hearing in the House Health and Welfare Committee on Thursday, 3/9/2023 at 9:00 am in Room EW20. Agenda can be viewed HERE, scroll down. Link to submit written testimony HERE.
UPDATE: 3/7/2023 - HB 244 was scheduled for a hearing in the House Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday, 3/7/2023 at 9:00 am in Room EW20. Agenda can be viewed HERE. Video is available HERE.
HB 244 was introduced on 2/28/2023 and referred to the House Health and Welfare Committee on 3/1/2023. This bill is sponsored by the House Health and Welfare Committee.
HB 244 prohibits assisted living health care facilities from precluding in-person visitation based on the visitors vaccination status, and requires that any health screening protocols shall not be more stringent for visitors than for faculty staff.
(20) A facility may not require precautions, such as health screenings, for in-person visitors that are more stringent than precautions for facility staff, and in-person access pursuant to subsection (7)(a) and (b) of this section shall not be precluded on the basis of a visitor's vaccination status.
SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2023.
NVIC SUPPORTS HB 244 because it prohibits assisted living health care facilities from requiring the visitor to provide proof of immunization or vaccination. NVIC is opposed to discrimination based on vaccination status. This bill would help individuals visit their loved ones in-person in assisted living health care facilities regardless of the visitor's vaccination status. NVIC does not take a position on the rest of the bill's provisions which are unrelated to vaccines.
https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0244/ – text, status and history of HB 244
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