Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee #
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Membership and committee schedules, agendas, documents, and audio available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee provides selective review of executive agency rules and rulemaking. The Committee reviews agency rules to determine whether:
- Rules are consistent with legislative intent;
- Rules have been adopted in accordance with applicable provisions of law;
- Agencies are using policies or interpretative statements in place of rules.
“The Committee may review agency rules on its own initiative or upon receipt of a petition from a member of the public. A person may submit a petition to the Committee for review of a rule or agency policy either by mail, email, or by using the online submission option. The Committee must give written acknowledgement that a petition was received within 30 days of receipt and, except for petitions the Committee rejects, issue a final determination letter within 90 days of receipt” (committee website).
Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee #
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Membership, reports, recommendations, and meeting information available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Legislature assigns studies through budget and policy bills. JLARC staff follow professional audit standards set by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. JLARC works to make state government more effective, efficient, and accountable. JLARC reports give accurate, unbiased, and credible answers” (committee website).
JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits #
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Reports, recommendations, and meeting information available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The JLARC I-900 Subcommittee holds hearings to consider the findings in performance audits issued by the State Auditor’s Office. The subcommittee also receives public testimony about the audits” (subcommittee website).
Joint Select Committee on Health Care and Behavioral Health Oversight #
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Membership and meeting schedule, agendas, and documents available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Joint Select Committee on Health Care and Behavioral Health Oversight was created to provide oversight of health care agencies to avoid duplication in their work and increase the quality of services to reduce costs to the health care consumer” (committee website).
