Bill > S1435

This bill appropriates over $5.6 billion to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2027. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Youth Safety & Permanency:** $121,545,100 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for programs related to youth safety, permanency, and foster care assistance payments. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Early Learning & Development:** $101,862,800 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for early learning, child care programs, and the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Division of Welfare:** $132,341,700 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for self-reliance operations and benefit payments. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Division of Medicaid:** Over $4.98 billion from various funds including the Cooperative Welfare (General), Medicaid Management Information Systems Dedicated Fund, Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), Idaho Millennium Income Fund, Hospital Assessment Fund, and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for Medicaid administration, medical management, and various Medicaid plans. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Public Health Services:** Over $105 million from various funds including the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cancer Control Fund, Central Tumor Registry Fund, Rural Nursing Loan Repayment Fund, Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), Idaho Millennium Income Fund, and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for physical health services, laboratory services, suicide prevention, and health care policy initiatives. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Indirect Support Services:** $47,761,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Licensing and Certification:** $8,816,500 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention:** $26,561,400 from the Prevention of Minors' Access to Tobacco Fund, Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), Liquor Control Fund, Idaho Millennium Income Fund, and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Mental Health Services:** $43,153,500 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for children's and adult mental health services. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Psychiatric Hospitalization:** $68,295,600 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), State Hospital North Endowment Income Fund, Mental Hospital Endowment Income Fund, and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for community hospitalization and state hospitals. * **Department of Health and Welfare - Independent Councils:** $15,021,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (General), Domestic Violence Project Fund, Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated), and Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Funds for the Developmental Disabilities Council and the Domestic Violence Council. * **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 fiscal year 2027. It includes provisions regarding general fund transfers, restrictions on transferring trustee and benefit payments, program integrity, educational needs for children in custody, specific uses of Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act funds, Medicaid reporting requirements, and limitations on transferring appropriations within the Medicaid division. Additionally, it allocates funds for smoking cessation programs and specifies allowable uses for Project Filter funds. The bill also mandates reports on facility licensing and certifications, behavioral health community crisis centers, and rules adopted by the department. A provision amends existing law to extend the deadline for submitting applications for comprehensive Medicaid managed care.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Finance Committee (Senate)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1435/