Appropriates $19,035,500 to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 30.15; exempts the appropriation from object transfer limitations; and reappropriates unexpended and unencumbered dedicated fund balances.

This is the FY 2019 original appropriation bill for Division of Health Education Programs. It appropriates $19,035,500andcapsthenumberofauthorizedfull-timeequivalentpositionsat30.15. Forbenefitcosts, the bill removes $1,450 per eligible FTP to bring the annual employer contribution for health insurance down to $11,650 by including a two-month employee and employer premium holiday, adds a 6.8% increase for life insurance, and adjusts funding for workers' compensation in amounts that vary by agency. Inflationary adjustments include $559,100 ongoing from the General Fund for contract inflation for contract cost escalation with Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, WWAMI Regional Medical Education program, Creighton University School of Dentistry, and the University of Utah School of Medicine. The bill provides funding for a 3% ongoing merit-based salary increase for permanent employees, to be distributed at the discretion of the agency head or institution president. The bill includes seven line items, which provide: 4.35 FTP and $802,200 from the General Fund ($714,700 ongoing, $87,500 onetime) for an 18-month curriculum build-out for the WWAMI Medical Education program in line item 1; $87,600 ongoing from the General Fund for the third year build-out at the University of Utah School of Medicine in line item 2; $565,000 ongoing from the General Fund to provide $35,000 per resident for the Family Medical Residency program in line item 3; $77,500 ongoing from the General Fund for the Boise Internal Medicine Residency program to increase state support for residents in line item 4; $240,000 ongoing from the General Fund to provide $60,000 per resident for the Psychiatry Education program in line item 5; $455,000 ongoing from the General Fund to create the Eastern Idaho Medical Residencies program and includes $35,000 per resident for ten new residents, a program director, and a residency coordinator in line item 6; and $525,000 ongoing from the Genera