Bill > S1215

This bill appropriates funds from various sources for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, primarily focusing on community-based recovery centers, law enforcement, education, and juvenile corrections. * **Community-Based Recovery Centers:** $1,350,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund is allocated to support the operations of eligible not-for-profit community-based recovery centers in specific cities. These funds are distributed quarterly to centers that provide support services for substance use recovery. The Department of Health and Welfare will oversee these funds, with specific reporting and accountability requirements. * **Idaho State Police:** * $500,000 from the State-Directed Opioid Settlement Fund is appropriated for operating expenditures for the Director's Office Program for fiscal year 2026. * $210,000 from the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund is appropriated for personnel costs ($110,000) and operating expenditures ($100,000) for the Patrol Program for fiscal year 2026. * **State Department of Education:** $3,500,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund is appropriated for trustee and benefit payments for the Student Services Program for fiscal year 2026, with a stipulation that funds for after-school programs must be used for education on the prevention and cessation of tobacco, alcohol, and other substance use. * **Department of Juvenile Corrections:** * $2,500,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund is appropriated for trustee and benefit payments for the Community, Operations, and Program Services Program for fiscal year 2026. * An additional $1,291,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund is appropriated for trustee and benefit payments for the Community, Operations, and Program Services Program for fiscal year 2025. * Unexpended balances up to $1,291,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for youth assessment centers from fiscal year 2025 are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to youth assessment centers for fiscal year 2026. Youth assessment centers receiving funds must provide sustainability plans and detailed reports on their return on investment. * **Idaho Public Television:** $50,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund is appropriated for personnel costs for fiscal year 2026, but this appropriation is simultaneously reduced by $50,000 for operating expenditures from the same fund for the same period, resulting in no net change for Idaho Public Television. * **Idaho Millennium Income Fund Usage:** The Joint Millennium Fund Committee recommends prioritizing funds from this source for programs focused on prevention, cessation, and treatment of substance abuse, with a preference for programs benefiting youth under 18. The committee also recommends against using these funds for Medicaid claims.