Bill > H0350

This bill appropriates a total of $149,468,000 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Behavioral Services for fiscal year 2024. * **Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention:** $27,210,300 is appropriated from various funds, including the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund ($25,918,200), Liquor Control Fund ($650,000), Idaho Millennium Income Fund ($160,000), Prevention of Minors' Access to Tobacco Fund ($43,800), and Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund ($438,300). * **Mental Health Services:** A total of $59,257,600 is appropriated for Children's Mental Health ($16,323,300) and Adult Mental Health ($42,934,300). Major funding sources include the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund, Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund, and ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund. * **Psychiatric Hospitalization:** A total of $63,000,100 is appropriated for Community Hospitalization, State Hospital North, State Hospital South, and State Hospital West. Funding comes from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund, Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund, State Hospital North Endowment Income Fund, Mental Hospital Endowment Income Fund, and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Positions:** The bill authorizes specific FTE positions for various programs within the Division of Behavioral Services for fiscal year 2024, with Adult Mental Health having the highest at 209.56. * **General Fund Transfers:** The Office of the State Controller is authorized to make transfers from the General Fund to the Cooperative Welfare Fund as requested by the Department of Health and Welfare and approved by the Board of Examiners. * **Restrictions on Trustee and Benefit Payments:** Funds appropriated for trustee and benefit payments cannot be transferred to other expense classes during fiscal year 2024. * **Program Integrity:** Services will be provided only to the extent of available funding and resources for each budgeted program. * **Transfer Limitations:** Moneys from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund for Mental Health Services and Psychiatric Hospitalization can be transferred between these divisions but not to other divisions or programs without legislative approval. The Community Hospitalization Program is exempt from these transfer limitations. * **Educational Needs:** The Department of Health and Welfare is responsible for the educational needs of school-age children in its custody, including payment for education at residential treatment facilities if deemed in the child's best interest. * **Interagency Payment for Juvenile Detention Clinicians:** $327,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund is to be paid to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for contract clinician services for juvenile detention facilities. * **Reporting Requirements:** Behavioral health community crisis centers must submit funding support records, and the Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention must report on funds used for substance abuse prevention versus treatment. * **State Opioid Response Grant:** Funds for naloxone and needles from the State Opioid Response Grant are restricted for use by first responders in Idaho. * **Prior Fiscal Year Appropriation:** An additional $8,000,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund is appropriated for trustee and benefit payments for fiscal year 2023.