Idaho Bills

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 Indirect Support Services provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that include funding for a SQL server replacement, replacementitemsandOITSrecommendedhardwarereplacements. Thisbillalsoincludessectionsoflanguage directing the department to provide a report on state vehicle inventory, to provide a report on the administrative burdenoffederalgrants, languageprovidingguidanceonfederalfundinglimitations, andprovidingconditions, limitations, and restrictions. Additionally, this bill includes language related to the Division of Licensing and Certification. ThislanguagedirectsthedepartmenttoprovideareportontransitioningtheDivisionofLicensing andCertificationtotheDivisionofOccupationalandProfessionalLicenses(DOPL),aswellaslanguagerelated to transfer limitation exemptions for FY 2025 and FY 2026. This bill does not include enhancement 16, Cloud Server Capacity and Support. This bill also does not provide funding for the purchase of 60 replacement vehicles, as requested by the department. This appropriation represents a $1,105,600 reduction from the agency submitted budget request. Overall, the total FY 2026 budget for Indirect Support Services is 5.9% less than the FY 2025 Original Appropriation, representing a reduction of $3,311,200. This 5.9% reduction from FY 2025 was due to the amount of onetime appropriation in FY 2025 that was not repeated in the FY 2026 budget, as well as from the amount for requested replacement items that were not included in this bill.