Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Public Health. It appropriates a total of $217,203,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 259.02. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers’ compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds thirteen line items, which provide additional funds for additional staffing at vital records; health disparities funding; vital records modernization; epidemiologic response capacity; Small Hospital improvement Plans; bioinformatics capacity; confinement facilities testing; public health workforce; prevention of infectious diseases; smoking cessation funding; EMS ambulance funding; youth smoking and vaping prevention programs; and home visiting grants. Also included in this bill is a onetime FY 2022 supplemental, which provides additional funding for laboratory capacity building at the state laboratory. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Amends existing law to remove a requirement for notarization in a criminal history and background check application.

Amends existing law to remove a description of the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Amends and repeals existing law to clarify the authority of the Department of Health and Welfare in managing and operating state hospitals and treatment facilities.

Relating to State Hospitals and treatment facilities. Purpose is to cleanup conflicting provisions related to authority of the Department of Health and Welfare and the Board of Health and Welfare with regard to state hospitals and treatment centers and to provide appropriate references to the hospitals and centers throughout the code.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention. It appropriates a total of $133,476,500 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 788.41. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds five line items, which provide additional funds for community mental health activities based on the Idaho Behavioral Health Council recommendations; community behavioral health clinic startup grants; 988 crisis line funding; a net-zero fund shift based on increased federal funding due to accreditation for State Hospital North; and additional funding for substance abuse prevention. Also included in this bill are onetime FY 2022 supplemental appropriations, which provide funding for: children's psychiatric residential treatment grants; demolition of an existing and construction of a new materials warehouse at State Hospital South; demolition of an existing and construction of a new maintenance facility at State Hospital North. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Child Welfare, Services for the Developmentally Disabled, and Service Integration. It appropriates a total of $139,406,100 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 773.51. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds five line items, which provide additional funds for additional in home case workers, a targeted change in employee compensation for child welfare workers; an increase in the foster care rate paid to foster families; targeted change in employee compensation for Southwest Idaho Treatment Center (SWITC) employees; and additional funding for crisis bed staffing at SWITC. Also included in this bill are three onetime FY 2022 supplemental appropriations, which provide a foster care rate increase for the remaining months of fiscal year 2022; funding for a remodel of SWITC; and funding for a change in employee compensation for employees at SWITC. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and