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HOUSE BILL NO. 558 – Dist health bds, membership

HOUSE BILL NO. 558

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H0558...................................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS - Amends existing law to provide the minimum and
maximum number of members for boards of trustees for district boards of
health; and to revise terms of office for organization purposes.
                                                                        
02/07    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08    Rpt prt - to Loc Gov

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 558
                                                                        
                               BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; AMENDING SECTION 39-411, IDAHO
  3        CODE, TO PROVIDE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  MEMBERS  FOR  BOARDS  OF
  4        TRUSTEES  FOR  DISTRICT BOARDS OF HEALTH AND TO REVISE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR
  5        ORGANIZATION PURPOSES.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 39-411, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        39-411.  COMPOSITION  OF  DISTRICT  BOARD  -- QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS --
 10    APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL -- TERMS -- TRUSTEE SELECTED FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES  OF
 11    DISTRICT  BOARDS  OF  HEALTH. For those districts comprised of less than eight
 12    (8) counties, the district board of health shall  consist  of  not  less  than
 13    seven  (7)  or  more  than  nine  (9) members to be appointed by the boards of
 14    county commissioners within each district acting jointly, and  each  board  of
 15    county commissioners may appoint a board member. For those districts comprised
 16    of  eight (8) counties, the district board of health shall consist of not less
 17    than eight (8) or more than ten (10) members and each board of county  commis-
 18    sioners  may  appoint  a  board  member.  Each member of the district board of
 19    health shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident  of  the  state  of
 20    Idaho  and  the public health district for one (1) year immediately last past,
 21    and a qualified elector. One (1) member of the district board, if available to
 22    serve, shall be a physician licensed by the Idaho state board of medicine  and
 23    no  more  than one (1) member shall be appointed from any professional or spe-
 24    cial interest group. All members shall be chosen  with  due  regard  to  their
 25    knowledge  and  interest  in  public health and in promoting the health of the
 26    citizens of the state and the public health district. Representation shall  be
 27    assured from rural as well as urban population groups. All appointments to the
 28    district board shall be confirmed by a majority vote of all the county commis-
 29    sioners  of  all  the  counties located within the public health district. Any
 30    member of the district board may be removed by majority vote of all the county
 31    commissioners of all the counties located within the district. The members  of
 32    the  district board, each year, shall select a chairman, a vice-chairman and a
 33    trustee. The trustee shall represent the district board as  a  member  of  the
 34    board  of  trustees  of  the  Idaho  district  boards  of health. The board of
 35    trustees of the Idaho district boards of health shall have authority to  allo-
 36    cate appropriations from the legislature to the health districts. The board of
 37    trustees shall develop and administer a formula for the allocation of legisla-
 38    tive appropriations.
 39        The  members  of  the  district board of health shall be appointed for the
 40    purpose of organization as follows: One Two  (12) members to be appointed  for
 41    a term of one (1) year, one two (12) for two (2) years, one two (12) for three
 42    (3) years, two (2) for four (4) years and two (2) for five (5) years for those
 43    districts  comprised  of  eight  (8) counties. For those districts composed of
                                                                        
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  1    less than seven (7) counties, the members of  the  district  board  of  health
  2    shall  be appointed for the purpose of organization as follows: One (1) member
  3    to be appointed for a term of one (1) year, two (2) for two (2) years, two (2)
  4    for three (3) years and two (2) for four (4) years and two (2)  for  five  (5)
  5    years. Each succeeding vacancy shall be filled by the boards of county commis-
  6    sioners  within  the  district  acting jointly and with confirmation as herein
  7    described for a term of five (5) years, subject to reappointment;  and  vacan-
  8    cies on the board for an unexpired term shall be filled for the balance of the
  9    unexpired term.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 15880
                                
This legislation allows counties to expand the District Health
Boards to accommodate the provision of medical professionals on
the boards.




                          FISCAL IMPACT
                                
                                
                                
None






Contact
Name:  Rep. Tom Loertscher
Phone: (208) 332 1000
                                                                                                                      
                                                           
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        H 558