DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding the Board of Health and Welfare, substate administrative regions, and regional behavioral health boards.

This bill (S 1314) updates Idaho's administrative structure for health and welfare services by removing outdated references to the "Board of Health and Welfare" and replacing them with the "Department of Health and Welfare" in state law. It repeals obsolete sections about regional behavioral health boards and updates rules governing the department's internal operations, including how officials are appointed and referenced in legal documents. The changes streamline the department's governance without altering public health services or creating new citizen-facing policies. This is primarily an organizational update to modernize the state's health and welfare administrative framework.