Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Public Health Services provides enhancementstotheFY2026maintenancebudgetandadjustmentstotheFY2025appropriation. ForFY2026, this bill includes funding for seven enhancements. Enhancements include the restoration of funding for several programs in the division that include Suicide Prevention, Drug Overdose Prevention, WIC Food Program, Alzheimer's and Dementia programs, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and partial funding for the Hepatitis C and HIV Prevention programs; funding for the continuation of several ARPA programs; funding for the fourth year of communicable disease prevention grant funding; new funding for the Immunization Assessment Fund and changes $18.97 million of ongoing funding to onetime funding; additional appropriation for revenue generated in the Vital Records Bureau; new funding for the Home Visiting Program and changes $3.51 million of ongoing funding to onetime funding for the program; and funding for the Rural Nursing Loan Repayment Program for years 3-5 of the program. This bill includes eight sections of language providing guidance on federal funding limitations and directing the division to provide reports to the Legislature on federal grants including pass-through grants, drug overdose prevention programs, Alzheimer's and dementia programs, the Fit and Fall Proof Program, suicide prevention, and the Cancer Data Registry of Idaho. Finally, thisbillincludesfundingandatransferfortheRuralNursingLoanRepaymentProgramtoassistnurses working in rural areas for FY 2025. Thisbill doesnot include a requestfromthe agency to restorefundingforseveralprogramsincluding the Office of Accreditation, Refugee Health Screening, Populations with Diabetes, and for the Oral Health Workforce. Funding for the Governor's Initiative to provide medical education loan repayments under the Rural Physician Incentive Program (RPIP), which is for physicians providing care in federally desi