Idaho Bills

States findings of the Legislature and calls on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and the State Treasurer to return rural health transformation funds to the United States Treasury.

RS33746 / HCR037 This concurrent resolution explicitly rejects about $1B dollars granted to Idaho as part of the Rural Health Transformation Fund (RHTF) that was secured with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This resolution returns this grant to the US Treasury. Spending borrowed federal dollars is inflationary as Idaho witnessed with the borrowed federal funds granted through the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021. Targeting more borrowed federal dollars to the healthcare industry, which has already experienced high-cost inflation is not an Idaho solution. The legislature finds that Idaho needs to set an example for what true fiscal conservatism is and reject this money. Sending it back to Washington sends a clear message that it is time to stop the federal subsidization of the healthcare system.