{"id":16102,"date":"2013-03-06T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=16102"},"modified":"2013-03-07T11:48:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:48:37","slug":"idahos-latest-health-exchange-bill-prevents-gun-data-collection-more-legislative-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/03\/06\/idahos-latest-health-exchange-bill-prevents-gun-data-collection-more-legislative-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho’s Latest Health Exchange Bill Prevents Gun Data Collection, Adds Legislative Oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emilie Ritter Saunders \/ StateImpact<\/p>

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Public comment on the Idaho Legislature’s new health insurance exchange bill starts bright and early tomorrow morning<\/a>. With signup starting at 6:30 a.m., interested citizens will have the chance give the House Health and Welfare Committee their opinion on the revamped bill that would create a state-based health insurance exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As we reported Monday<\/a>, the new bill combines Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s initial proposal that passed in the Senate<\/a>, with more legislative oversight as requested by a group of 16 freshman legislators. The most noticeable change from the original Senate Bill 1042<\/a> to the new House Bill 248 is that three legislators will be appointed to the exchange’s oversight board.<\/p>\n

StateImpact<\/em> did this line-by-line comparison with the original version of the bill and the latest iteration. You’ll see the majority of the new text is on page 5. It’s there that House lawmakers included a section that explicitly says the insurance exchange can’t ask customers about their use, ownership, possession, or storage of any firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n