Appropriates $120,147,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public Health Services Division for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 237.02; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; limits the transfer of funds budgeted for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; provides for a plan on suicide prevention and awareness; transfers $1,831,000 from trustee and benefit payments to operating expenditures for the Department of Health and Welfare Physical Health Services Program for fiscal year 2018; and provides for a cash transfer from the Idaho Immunization Dedicated Vaccine Fund to the General Fund.

This is the FY 2019 original appropriation and FY 2018 supplemental appropriation bill for the Department ofHealthandWelfarefortheDivisionofPublicHealthServices. ForFY2019itappropriates$120,147,300, limits the number of full-time equivalent positions at 237.02, and adds four sections of legislative intent language. These sections allow for transfers from the General Fund, limit funding transfers, provide for program integrity, and require a plan on suicide prevention and awareness. For FY 2018, the bill provides for two transfers that have a net zero impact. Adjustments for FY 2019: For benefit costs, the bill removes $1,450 per eligible FTP to bring the annual employer contribution for health insurance down to $11,650 by including a two-month employee and employer premium holiday, adds a 6.8% increase for life insurance, and adjusts funding for workers' compensation in amounts that vary by agency. Funding for replacement items includes $42,800 for the replacement of two vehicles at the state lab. For statewide cost allocation, $11,800 is reduced for risk management costs. The bill also provides funding for a 3% ongoing merit-based salary increase for permanent employees, to be distributed at the discretion of the director. The bill adds funding for eight line items. The first line item adds 0.33 FTP and $19,800 to convert a part-time rural health research analyst to full-time. The second line item adds 1.00 FTP and $3,074,500 for the eWIC program. The third line item transfers $120,000 from trustee and benefit payments to personnel costs for the Vital Statistics Program. The fourth line item adds $200,000 for Time Sensitive Emergencies. The fifth line item adds $256,600 for additional suicide prevention programs in Idaho schools. The sixth line item adds 1.00 FTP and $71,600 for an additional clinical services support staff. The seventh line item adds $149,800 for the expanded access program for the Epidiolex pharmaceutical. The final line item transfers $1,000,000