Idaho Bills

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 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.

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 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 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 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 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.