Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Correction for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This appropriation to the Idaho Department of Correction provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding for a training center lease, 84.00 FTP including training and development supervisors, an internal affairs investigator, a public records position, staff for the new community reentry center in Pocatello, additional instructors, work projects staffing, a drug alcohol rehab specialist, additional staff to expand community reentry, probation and parole officers, and FTP for treatment of behavioral health; funding for ongoing maintenance of the Atlas system, increase to starting pay for correctional and probation and parole officers, an increase in County and Out-of-State population driven costs, a reduction in the medical services contract, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC. Additionally, this bill includes six supplemental appropriations.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman and the Department of Health and Welfare for Indirect Support Services for fiscal year 2025.

This is a fiscal year 2025 appropriation bill that funds the impact of Senate Bill 1380. This bill provides an appropriation to the Office of Health and Human Services Ombudsman, which was created by Senate Bill 1380, that is charged with monitoring and evaluating compliance of public agencies and private entities with public policies of the state for children under the care of the state. Additionally, this bill reduces the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare's Indirect Support Services division by the same amount.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This appropriation to the Department of Agriculture provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes for funding for 6.00 additional FTP and funding for a veterinarian in eastern Idaho, dairy inspectors, seed lab personnel, to enhance the Idaho Preferred program, to build a storage facility, to provide international trade support with Japan, for the resilient food systems grant, to provide CEC for fruit and vegetable inspectors, for the Honey Commission, funding for quagga mussel, replacement items, and additional 2% CEC. This bill also transfers $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the Invasive Species Fund to be used for quagga mussels. This appropriation also includes a deficiency warrant that reimburses the Department of Agriculture for prior fiscal year costs to survey and control pests on state and private lands authorized under Chapters 19 and 20, Title 22, Idaho Code. This action provides for moneys from the General Fund to be transferred to the Pest Control Deficiency Warrant Fund in the amount of $627,900.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding for extradition costs, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Lottery for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Idaho State Lottery provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include 1.00 FTP and funding for a regional sales representative, increased shipping costs, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Industrial Commission for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Industrial Commission provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes additional appropriation for the IRIS project, a Microsoft support engineer, software for the CIWCS online courses, records digitization, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on Hispanic Affairs for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Hispanic Affairs Commission provides an enhancement to the FY 2025 maintenance budget to include the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding for a pension software upgrade, refurbished cubicles, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

ThisappropriationtotheDepartmentofHealthandWelfareprovidesenhancementstotheFY2025maintenance budget that includes additional appropriation for Federal Data Services Hub Interface, Child Care Subsidies, and the additional 2% CEC. This bill also includes FY 2024 supplemental appropriations that adjusts the appropriation for a no cost impact for the eligibility verification systems used by the department and funding for LIHEAP Utility Assistance.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Drug Policy for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Office of Drug Policy provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes additional onetime trustee and benefit payments for community models to address opioid issues, funding for the additional 2% change in employee compensation (CEC), and provides reappropriation of specified federal funds.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Administrative Hearings for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Office of Administrative Hearings provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding for positions related to contested cases at the Department of Health and Welfare, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes the elimination of the Fair Hearings Unit for cases now being heard at the Office of Administrative Hearings, a civil litigation and constitutional defense attorney, two energy and natural resources attorneys, two Transportation Department attorneys, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC. This bill also includes a FY 2024 supplemental appropriation for trial costs related to the Tucker v. Public Defense Commission lawsuit.

Relates to the appropriation to the Legislative Services Office for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to Legislative Services Office provides an additional enhancement to the FY 2025 budget that includes funding for Legislative Impact Reviews. Legislative Impact Reviews will help the Legislature determine how well state government provides services to the citizens of the state.

Relates to the appropriation to the to the Department of Insurance for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Department of Insurance provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes 4.00 FTP and additional personnel costs for two deputy fire marshals, a financial technician, and an examiner financial specialist; replacement items; and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Controller for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This appropriation to the State Controller provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includesanet-zeroadjustmentbyprogramtorealignthebudgetandthe2%CEC.Additionally,thisbillincludes an FY 2024 supplemental appropriation for a Catastrophic Health Care Fund Claim.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Special Programs for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Special Programs under the State Board of Education provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes additional staffing, additional operating expenditures, funding for the rural educator incentive program, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Public Safety for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 Maintenance Appropriation for Public Safety. This bill includes appropriations to the Department Correction, Department of Juvenile Corrections, and the Idaho State Police. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Judicial Branch provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding and FTP for court technology support, statewide administrative support, Guardian Ad Litem support, Judicial Council support, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public Health Services Division provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include a public health infrastructure grant; laboratory operating costs; laboratory information management modernization; a state loan repayment; a Maternal, Infant, and Early Child Home Visiting (MIECHV) program formula grant increase; data modernization; vital records modernization; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) modernization; vital statistics modernization; funding for additional WIC staff; data processing modernization; immunization awards to public health districts and tribes; adult vaccine provider support; childhood lead poisoning prevention; Alzheimer's and dementia grants; rural physician loan repayment; disease investigation and control; data analytics personnel funding; HIV Care program receipt authority; Ryan White Part B supplemental grant funding; and the additional 2% CEC. In addition, this bill moves ongoing funding to onetime for multiple programs; removes funding for COVID grantfunding; andremovesfundingforsexeducationgrants. ThisbillalsoprovidesadjustmentstotheFY2024 appropriation for Physical Health Services and Laboratory Services. Looking at Table 2 below, adjustments include funding for the HIV Care Program drug rebates, a onetime transfer of personnel costs to operating expenditures, and a dedicated fund adjustment for the Cancer Data Registry of Idaho.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Economic Development for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 Maintenance Appropriation for Economic Development. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance, the Idaho Industrial Commission, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Labor, the Public Utilities Commission, the Self-Governing Agencies, and the Idaho Transportation Department. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.