Bill > H0715

This bill appropriates funds from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for various programs and agencies for fiscal year 2025. * The Department of Health and Welfare receives $1,350,000 for the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Program to support community-based recovery centers. * The Department of Health and Welfare also receives $250,000 for the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Program on behalf of Idaho Drug Free Youth. * Idaho Public Television is appropriated $1,000,000 for media campaigns related to substance use and children's health, and is authorized an additional full-time equivalent position. * The Department of Health and Welfare receives $821,100 for the Physical Health Services Program for public health districts to fund tobacco, vape, and substance prevention and cessation programs. * The Department of Health and Welfare is appropriated $406,000 for the Physical Health Services Program for Project Filter. * The State Department of Education is authorized to reappropriate any unexpended and unencumbered balances from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund from fiscal year 2024 for nonrecurring expenditures in fiscal year 2025. * Up to $12,000,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund appropriated to the Department of Health and Welfare will be transferred to the Idaho Millennium Income Fund at the close of fiscal year 2024. * The bill prioritizes future uses of the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for prevention, cessation, and treatment programs related to substance abuse, with a focus on youth. After fiscal year 2025, it is the intent that no funds from this source be used for Medicaid claims.