Idaho Bills

Relates to the maintenance appropriations to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal years 2025.

This is the FY 2025 Maintenance Appropriation for Health and Human Services. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation. Finally, this maintenance does not include a maintenance appropriation for the Indirect Support Services Division in the Department of Health and Welfare.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education for fiscal year 2025.

This is the trailer appropriation bill to House Bill 634, which changes the state agency that oversees the Broadband Infrastructure Fund from the State Department of Education to the Office of the State Board of Education.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Natural Resources for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 Maintenance Appropriation for Natural Resources. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Land Commissioners, the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Water Resources. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.

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

ThisisaFY2025trailerappropriationbillfortheJudicialBranch. ItaddressesthefiscalimpactofH746, which increases pay for Supreme Court justices by 2.6% to $169,508; Court of Appeals judges by 2.7% to $161,508; for district judges by 2.8% to $155,508; and magistrate judges by 3.0% to $147,508.

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

This appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include College and Career Training Coordinators, an IT business analyst, a data governance manager, the transfer of risk management from the institutions to OSBE, a used vehicle purchase, funding for direct admissions program, a safety and security analyst for higher education, arts in education grant program funding, and the additional 2% CEC. It also provides for a FY 2024 supplemental appropriation for direct admissions funding.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office the Attorney General for fiscal year 2025.

This is a FY 2025 trailer appropriation for the Office of the Attorney General. It addresses the fiscal impact of H494, which expands the duties of the Office of the Attorney General regarding human trafficking.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Facilities for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Public School Support Program's Division of Facilities provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget by appropriating the School District Facilities Funds that have been approved by the Legislature in House Bill 292 (2023) and House Bill 521 (2024). The bill also adjusts the base appropriation to remove any funds provided for the facilities maintenance match and bond levy equalization programs.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Teachers for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This appropriation to the Public School Support Program's Division of Teachers provides a reduction of funding from the maintenance bill as it relates to 696 fewer estimated support units for fiscal year 2025. This bill also reallocates funding in the current year to discretionary funding as a result of fewer support units in the current year.

Relates to the appropriations from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 original appropriation for the programs that were recommended by the Joint Legislative Millennium Fund Committee, and not already included in another appropriation bill. This bill includes additional funding for Public Health Districts, Community-Based Recovery Centers, Idaho Drug Free Youth, Idaho Public Television, and Project Filter. All of these programs are in alignment with the Committees 5-year plan. In addition to program funding, this bill provides for clarification on future uses from the fund to be focused on the youth of Idaho and minimizes substance use disorders and working collaboratively with all stakeholders to maximize funds and minimize duplication of services. Finally, the bill provides significantly more oversight for non-state entities that receive these funds and for a cash transfer at the end of the year from Medicaid to cover the claims costs paid by this fund.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Lands and the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal year 2025.

This is a fiscal year 2025 trailer appropriation bill for the Department of Lands and the Office of the Attorney General. It addresses the fiscal impact of Senate Bill 1292, which statutorily removes the responsibility of the Office of the Attorney General to provide legal representation to the Idaho Department of Lands and allows the Department to hire or contract its own legal counsel.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal year 2025.

ThisappropriationtotheDivisionofCareerTechnicalEducation,organizedundertheStateBoardofEducation, provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes program inventory system expansion, educator training staff, an increase to fire service training hours, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to General Government for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 Maintenance Appropriation for General Government. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Administration, Office of the Governor, and the Department Revenue and Taxation. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Executive Office of the Governor for fiscal year 2025.

ThisappropriationtotheExecutiveOfficeoftheGovernorprovidesenhancementstotheFY2025maintenance budget that includes a constituent services management system 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 Division of Medicaid provides a $277,954,700 reduction to the FY 2024 budget, of which $92,807,600 is from the General Fund. Contributing factors to the lower-than-anticipated costs include the end of the public health emergency, and drops in utilization and enrollment. This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Medicaid provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include nondiscretionary adjustments, new staff division-wide, providerrateadjustments, intermediatecarefacilityrateadjustments, anMMISvendorincrease, funding for personal care services case management, MMIS procurement year 2, an Idaho Millennium Income Fund offset for claims payments, and the additional 2% CEC. Additionally, this bill provides reappropriation authority. This bill also provides adjustments to the FY 2024 appropriation for the Division of Medicaid. Looking at Table 2 below, adjustments include a onetime forecasted recission, an ongoing reduction related to the end of an electronic records incentive program, and adjustments to the Hospital Assessment Fund. Overall, the total FY 2025 appropriation for the Division of Medicaid represents 0.6% increase over the FY 2024 Original Appropriation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension Service for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the University of Idaho Agriculture Research and Extension Service provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include occupancy costs at the Idaho Center for Plant and Soil Health in Parma, new faculty positions in irrigation and forestry, the continuation of adult literacy programs, and the additional 2% CEC.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2025.

This appropriation to the Idaho Commission for Libraries provides enhancements to the FY 2025 budget that include funding for summer STEM programs, the continuation of the digital access for all Idahoans grant, the additional 2% CEC, and reappropriation authority.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 Maintenance Appropriation for the State Board of Education. This bill includes appropriations to Agricultural Research and Extension Services, College and Universities, Community Colleges, the Office of the State Board of Education, Health Education Programs, Career Technical Education, Idaho Public Television, Special Programs, Department of Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Charter School Commission. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2025.

This is the FY 2025 maintenance appropriation for the Public School Support Program which includes the seven divisions for Administrators, Teachers, Operations, Children's Programs, Facilities, Central Services, and the Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. The bill includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation for the Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind, and a 1% change in employee compensation for administrative and classified staff.