Bill > S1147

This bill appropriates a total of $27,215,100 to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2024. * **Boise Internal Medicine:** $1,171,000 from the General Fund. * **Eastern Idaho Medical Residencies:** $2,765,000 from the General Fund. * **Family Medicine Residencies:** $7,288,600, with $2,567,000 from the General Fund, $321,600 from the General Fund for benefit payments, and $4,400,000 from an unspecified fund for capital outlay. * **Idaho Dental Education Program:** $2,196,900, with $528,000 from the General Fund and $269,600 from an Unrestricted Fund. * **Psychiatry Education:** $837,800 from the General Fund. * **University of Utah Medical Education:** $2,825,900 from the General Fund. * **WIMU Veterinary Education:** $2,844,400, with $682,900 from the General Fund, $2,061,500 from the General Fund for benefit payments, and $100,000 from a Restricted Fund for capital outlay. * **WWAMI Medical Education:** $7,285,500, with $1,837,300 from the General Fund, $447,800 from the General Fund for benefit payments, and $5,000,400 from an unspecified fund for capital outlay. The bill also authorizes specific full-time equivalent (FTE) positions for several programs, including WIMU Veterinary Education (6.38 FTE), WWAMI Medical Education (13.72 FTE), Idaho Dental Education Program (3.25 FTE), and Family Medicine Residencies (21.30 FTE). It allows for unlimited transfers between object codes for dedicated fund moneys for fiscal year 2024, but legislative appropriations cannot be transferred between funds without legislative approval. Additionally, unexpended and unencumbered balances from dedicated funds for fiscal year 2023 are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures during fiscal year 2024. The bill is effective on July 1, 2023.