Bill > H0480

This bill appropriates and adjusts funding for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, with several key provisions. The bill allocates approximately $4.2 million for fiscal year 2026, including funds for substance abuse treatment and prevention, mental health services, and psychiatric hospitalization from various funding sources such as the Liquor Control Fund and Cooperative Welfare Funds. The legislation reduces the full-time equivalent position authorization for the Mental Health Services Division by nine positions and includes specific restrictions on how funds can be used, prohibiting the allocation of funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion training or programs that distribute funding based on race or gender. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Welfare to submit a report exploring alternatives to the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment, with specific limitations on the assessment's content. Additionally, the bill includes provisions regarding federal funding, stipulating that legislative appropriations cannot be transferred between funds without express legislative approval and that the agency must notify the Legislative Services Office of significant changes in federal funding. The bill has an emergency clause, with certain sections taking effect immediately and others becoming effective on July 1, 2025.

Budget and Finance

Appropriations Committee (H)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0480/