Bill > S1375

This bill appropriates over $5.7 billion to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2027, covering the period from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. * **Department of Health and Welfare:** * Youth Safety & Permanency: $121,545,100 from various Cooperative Welfare funds. * Early Learning & Development: $101,862,800 from various Cooperative Welfare funds. * Family and Community Partnerships: $7,259,000 from various Cooperative Welfare funds. * Division of Welfare (Self-Reliance and Benefit Payments): $132,341,700 from various Cooperative Welfare funds. * Division of Medicaid: $5,049,174,800 from various Cooperative Welfare funds, the Medicaid Management Information Systems Dedicated Fund, and the Hospital Assessment Fund. This includes significant funding for coordinated, enhanced, basic, and expansion Medicaid plans. * Public Health Services: $105,650,400 from various Cooperative Welfare funds, the Cancer Control Fund, Central Tumor Registry Fund, Rural Nursing Loan Repayment Fund, and Idaho Millennium Income Fund. * Indirect Support Services: $47,761,900 from various Cooperative Welfare funds. * Licensing and Certification: $8,816,500 from various Cooperative Welfare funds. * Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention: $26,561,400 from the Prevention of Minors' Access to Tobacco Fund, Liquor Control Fund, Idaho Millennium Income Fund, and Cooperative Welfare funds. * Mental Health Services (Children's and Adult): $43,153,500 from Cooperative Welfare funds. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (Community, State Hospitals North, South, and West): $68,295,600 from various Cooperative Welfare funds, State Hospital North Endowment Income Fund, and Mental Hospital Endowment Income Fund. * Independent Councils (Developmental Disabilities and Domestic Violence): $15,021,900 from various Cooperative Welfare funds, Domestic Violence Project Fund. * **State Independent Living Council:** $690,600 from the General Fund and the State Independent Living Council (Dedicated) Fund. The bill also authorizes specific full-time equivalent (FTE) positions for various programs within the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for the fiscal year. It includes provisions regarding general fund transfers, limitations on transferring funds for trustee and benefit payments, program integrity, educational needs for children in custody, distribution of Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act funds, Medicaid reporting requirements, and specific uses for Idaho Millennium Income Fund appropriations. Funds for trustee and benefit payments cannot be transferred to other expense classes. Medicaid funds have some flexibility for transfers between specific plans. The bill also mandates reporting on behavioral health community crisis centers and Medicaid managed care integration.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Finance Committee (Senate)

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