Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2020.

This is an FY 2020 supplemental appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for State Hospital South (SHS). Thesupplementalappropriationisnecessarytoalignthehospital'sappropriationwiththecorrectfundsourcefor revenuesandexpendituresrelatedtothenursingfacilityatSHS.TheshiftistheresultofMedicaidimplementing a new managed care plan for this population.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2020.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2020.

This is an FY 2020 supplemental appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Child Welfare Division. The bill provides onetime funding for the remaining three months of system development for the new child welfare case management system. Last legislative session, these funds were intentionally withheld to ensure that the system was progressing in a manner that would meet the needs of the children in foster care and for staff that work with those kids. The bill also provides additional ongoing funding to account for increasing costs for children in congregate care, foster care, and adoptions.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2020.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Public Health. It appropriates a total of $126,846,900 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 238.02. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classifications most in need of equity adjustments. This bill shifts $400,000 from the General Fund to dedicated funds for Medicaid expansion cost-offsets. The bill funds four line items that are intended to reduce child abuse, minimize substance use disorders, prevent suicide, reduce or flatten the health care costs trend, and help prevent Idahoans from entering the legal and welfare systems. Specifically, funding is provided for home visiting services, an advanced care directive registry, Project ECHO, and the Health Care Policy Initiatives Program is moved from a stand-alone program to a program within this division. Lastly, the ongoing General Fund appropriation is reduced by 2% with a partial shift to dedicated EMS funds. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and

Adds to existing law to provide for yellow dots on motor vehicles that contain medical information that may be used by first responders on the scene of an accident or emergency situation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Amends existing law to remove a specific reference to the National Crime Information Center as a source of information in criminal history and background checks.

Idaho Code 56-1004A, Criminal History and Background Checks, charges the Department of Health & Welfare with conducting background checks on individuals who provide care or services to vulnerable adults or children. Section 4(c) of the statute refers to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as being a source of information for the completion of background checks. The FBI has asked that specific references to the NCIC be removed from this statute because, per federal law, the Department has never had access to the entire NCIC. The current language in this statute suggests that it does. The FBI has provided assurances that removing Section 4(c) will not degrade the relevance of the information the Department currently receives for its background checks and has conditioned continuous receipt of this information based on the removal of Section 4(c).

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 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 $129,513,400 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 749.51. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classifications most in need of equity adjustments. The bill funds the final year of the child welfare IT system replacement, provides five additional social workers, directs the use of funding for Head Start, provides for a cash transfer from the General Fund to the Technology Infrastructure Stabilization Fund, and directs the department to meet the educational needs of children in its care. Lastly, the ongoing General Fund appropriation is reduced.