Bill > S1375

This bill appropriates funds for the Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2027, covering various divisions and programs such as Youth Safety and Permanency, Early Learning and Development, Welfare, Medicaid, Public Health Services, and Mental Health Services, with specific allocations for trustee and benefit payments, personnel expenditures, and operating costs from various funds including the Cooperative Welfare Fund. The bill also establishes limits on full-time equivalent positions for each program within the DHW, outlines procedures for general fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund, and restricts the transfer of funds within the trustee and benefit payments expense class. It further details requirements for the DHW to provide services only to the extent of appropriated funding, mandates the department's responsibility for the educational needs of school-age children in its custody, and specifies that a portion of federal Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act funds must be provided to public health districts for citizen review panels. Additionally, the bill requires monthly reports on Medicaid appropriations versus expenditures, outlines conditions for Medicaid managed care integration, mandates cost-sharing for certain expanded Medicaid populations, and directs a transfer of funds from the General Fund to the Rural Physician Incentive Fund. The bill also includes provisions for budget integrity, the use of Idaho Millennium Income Fund for substance abuse prevention programs, oversight of funds for Idaho Drug Free Youth, exemptions for the Community Hospitalization Program from transfer limitations, reporting requirements for acquisitions involving the Governor's office, and accountability for the use of appropriated funds. Finally, it specifies that funds for naloxone are only available to first responders and that the act will take effect on July 1, 2026.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Finance Committee (Senate)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1375/