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SENATE BILL NO. 1314 – H&W Dept, name changed

SENATE BILL NO. 1314

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S1314.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT - Amends existing law to provide that the
name of the Department of Health and Welfare shall be changed to the
Department of Health and Human Services.
                                                                        
01/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel

Bill Text


 S1314
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1314
                                                                        
                              BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    STATING THE FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND PROVIDING THAT  THE  NAME  OF  THE
  3        DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  WELFARE SHALL BE CHANGED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
  4        HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; AMENDING SECTIONS 67-2402  AND  67-2406,  IDAHO
  5        CODE, TO PROVIDE A NAME CHANGE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  It  is  the finding of the Legislature that in order to accu-
  8    rately reflect and represent the responsibilities of that agency of state gov-
  9    ernment now designated the Department of Health and Welfare, it is appropriate
 10    that the agency name be changed and therefor, the agency  shall  hereafter  be
 11    the  Department  of  Health  and Human Services. Whenever in the Idaho Code or
 12    elsewhere, reference is made to the Department of Health and Welfare it  shall
 13    mean and hereafter be, the Department of Health and Human Services.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION  2.  That  Section 67-2402, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        67-2402.  STRUCTURE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF IDAHO STATE GOVERNMENT. (1)
 17    Pursuant to section 20, article IV,  Idaho  constitution,  all  executive  and
 18    administrative  offices,  agencies,  and  instrumentalities  of  the executive
 19    department of state, except for those assigned to the  elected  constitutional
 20    officers, are allocated among and within the following departments:
 21        Department of administration
 22        Department of agriculture
 23        Department of commerce
 24        Department of correction
 25        Department of labor
 26        Department of finance
 27        Department of fish and game
 28        Department of health and welfare human services
 29        Department of insurance
 30        Department of juvenile corrections
 31        Idaho transportation department
 32        Industrial commission
 33        Department of lands
 34        Department of law enforcement
 35        Department of parks and recreation
 36        Department of revenue and taxation
 37        Department of self-governing agencies
 38        Department of water resources
 39        State board of education
 40        The public school districts of Idaho, having condemnation authority, shall
 41    be  considered  civil  departments  of state government for the purpose of and
 42    limited to the purchase of state endowment land at appraised prices.
                                                                        
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  1        (2)  The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state control-
  2    ler,  state treasurer, attorney general and superintendent of public  instruc-
  3    tion each heads a constitutional office.
  4        (3)  For  its  internal structure, unless specifically provided otherwise,
  5    each department shall adhere to the following standard terms:
  6        (a)  The principal unit of a department is a division. Each division shall
  7        be headed by an administrator. The administrator of any division shall  be
  8        exempt from the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code.
  9        (b)  The  principal  unit  of a division is a bureau. Each bureau shall be
 10        headed by a chief.
 11        (c)  The principal unit of a bureau is a section. Each  section  shall  be
 12        headed by a supervisor.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  3.  That  Section 67-2406, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        67-2406.  DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS ENUMERATED.  The  following  department
 16    directors are created:
 17        Director, department of administration
 18        Director, department of agriculture
 19        Director, department of commerce
 20        Director, department of correction
 21        Director, department of labor
 22        Director, department of finance
 23        Director, department of fish and game
 24        Director, department of health and welfare human services
 25        Director, department of insurance
 26        Director, department of juvenile corrections
 27        Director, Idaho transportation department
 28        Director, department of lands
 29        Director, department of law enforcement
 30        Director, department of parks and recreation
 31        Director, department of water resources.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  4.  This  act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
 33    1, 2000.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS09579

This legislation amends Sections 67-2402 and 67-2046, Idaho Code, 
that shall change the name of the Department of Health and Welfare 
to the Department of Health and Human Service and provides an 
effective date.  The Department provides a broad based Human 
Service delivery system, the Welfare services have been reduced 
to the point it is misleading to the public to have "Welfare" in 
the Department's name.  Welfare no longer fits within the vision 
and the direction the Department desires to go in the future. The 
Department of Health and Human Service is a commonly used name 
throughout the U.S. for comparable agencies.

                          FISCAL IMPACT

$34,000 

CONTACT: 
Name:  Senator Grant lpsen
Phone: 332-1326

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                     S 1314