Panel Introduces Child Support Bill

The House Ways & Means Committee has voted 6-1 to introduce the new child support enforcement bill, with just House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, objecting. Moyle spoke out angrily, saying he thought the Department of Health & Welfare had misled lawmakers that they couldn’t amend the measure during the regular session when they could. “I am less than happy with the department,” Moyle said. “They knew there were things we could do to that bill to make it more palatable to the Legislature.” House Judiciary Chairman Rich Wills, R-Glenns Ferry, said, “The basic issue that we had more than anything else was waiting on the federal government to respond,” as to how amendments could be appropriately done and in which sections of code they could go. “At a late time, we found out they would accept them in a different area. … The timing,” he said, was “where we really had a breakdown”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .