DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators.
This bill replaces Idaho's outdated rules for licensing long-term care facility administrators with a unified system. It creates the Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators to oversee both nursing home and residential care facility administrators, requiring facilities to be supervised by a licensed administrator or an approved temporary "administrator designee." The law establishes clear licensing requirements, continuing education rules, disciplinary procedures, and defines key terms like "residential care facility" (for 3+ elderly/disabled adults) and "long-term care administrator." The new rules take effect July 1, 2025, directly affecting all Idaho facilities providing long-term care services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Signed Mar 20, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025 · House Feb 24, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Mar 10, 2025
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican29
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 98 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Rayb
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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