Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2019.

This is an FY 2019 supplemental appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare. The bill includes federal fund appropriation for the Division of Public Health to implement several federal grants including nutrition and physical health, oral health, and chronic diseases. The department-wide appropriation impact for the grants is a net-zero change. The bill also includes a net-zero appropriation transfer from Self-Reliance Operations to Foster and Assistance Payments Program to cover increased costs forfosterparents. ThebillincludesfundingfortheEmergencyMedicalServicestoprovideadditionalgrants to qualified EMS agencies in accordance with Section 56-1018B, Idaho Code. Finally, this bill removes funding that was added to the department for a Graduate Medical Education (GME) program because the program was not able to match the state share with Medicaid funding.