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APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – Relates to the maintenance appropriations to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2026.
Sponsored By: FINANCE COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
APPROPRIATIONS
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
11 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
Health services funded within spending limits
Idaho provides about $5.279 billion for the Department of Health and Welfare and $696,500 for the State Independent Living Council. The funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The department can provide services only within the money and other resources approved for each program. Beginning July 1, 2025, funds set aside by law for a specific purpose must serve only that purpose. The law does not set a payment amount for individual households.
Some families pay more for Medicaid
The law requires cost-sharing for children in the expanded Medicaid population, to the fullest extent federal law allows. It applies when family gross taxable income exceeds 185% but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty limit. The charges cover Medicaid services identified in the enacted House Bill 43. This law does not state how much families must pay.
School funding for children in custody
The department is responsible for schooling for school-age children courts place in its custody for child-protection or mental-health issues. It pays when it places a child in a licensed residential treatment facility with an accredited nonpublic school. The department must find that attending the school serves the child's best interests. Payment is per student, per educational day; the law does not state a rate.
Funding for child protection review panels
For fiscal year 2026, public health districts receive at least $42,000 in federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act funds. The money supports citizen review panels. Each of the seven districts receives one-seventh of the total. These funds do not provide direct payments to families.
Clinician funding for youth in detention
The Children's Mental Health Program must pay $327,000 to the Department of Juvenile Corrections by July 16, 2025. The payment comes from the Cooperative Welfare General Fund. It funds contract clinician services at Idaho juvenile detention facilities from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
Funding for family home visits
The law provides $1 million for home visiting services from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The money comes from the Cooperative Welfare General Fund and goes to public health districts. Each district distributes its funds using a formula set by its board of trustees. The law does not state household eligibility rules or payment amounts.
Funding for tobacco and substance prevention
For fiscal year 2026, the law allocates $2.1 million to public health districts for tobacco, vape, and other substance prevention and cessation. District shares follow the approved health boards' formula. Project Filter also gets $2.406 million for prevention and cessation, but cannot use this money for sponsorships or passive advertising. Both allocations come from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund, with spending subject to available funds.
Youth drug prevention gets grant funding
Idaho Drug Free Youth gets $250,000 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for the year ending June 30, 2026. The grant supports its youth summit, chapters, and drug-free school coordinators. Four $62,500 payments are due by July 15 and October 15, 2025, and January 15 and April 15, 2026. The group must provide operational and financial records and required reports. The department can withhold or recover money for misuse or specified operational, reporting, legal, or financial problems.
Funding for rural physician incentives
The law directs a one-time $640,000 transfer from the Cooperative Welfare General Fund to the Rural Physician Incentive Fund. The transfer is due July 15, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical. It supports the fund for July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The law does not set individual award amounts or eligibility rules.
Naloxone grant limited to first responders
Beginning July 1, 2025, State Opioid Response Grant money for naloxone is available only to first responders. They must distribute the naloxone within Idaho. The rule limits this grant's distribution channels, not all naloxone access. The law does not state a funding amount.
Mental health funding flexibility and limits
Beginning July 1, 2025, the department can move Cooperative Welfare General Fund money between mental health services and psychiatric hospitalization. Moving those funds to another division or program requires legislative approval. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law removes the usual limit on transfers into Community Hospitalization. It sets no transfer amount and does not guarantee more services.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Kevin Cook
Republican • Senate
Josh Tanner
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/20/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 63 • No: 7
Senate vote • 2/24/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 30 • No: 4
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor on 03/28/25 Session Law Chapter 209 Effective: 07/01/2025
4/3/2025Reported delivered to Governor at 11:10 a.m. on 03/25/25
3/25/2025Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
3/25/2025Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
3/24/2025HouseReported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
3/24/2025SenateReturned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
3/21/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-7-0
3/20/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/19/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/18/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/17/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 17, 2025
3/14/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/14/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/13/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/12/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/11/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/10/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 10, 2025
3/7/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/6/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/5/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/4/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/3/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 3, 2025
2/28/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2/27/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
2/26/2025HouseRead First Time, Filed for Second Reading
2/25/2025House
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