Committee hears pitch to restore Assertive Community Treatment program after cuts
Sen. Kevin Cook and Medicaid officials told the Joint Millennium Fund Committee that restoring the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program would cost about $1.3 million for the remainder of fiscal 2026 and $4.1 million for fiscal 2027 and argued it reduces costly hospital and jail placements.
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Senator Kevin Cook, an Idaho state senator from Legislative District 32, told the committee ACT is an "evidence based program" that uses a team of clinicians to stabilize people with severe mental illness and keep them in the community rather than repeatedly cycling through emergency rooms or jails. He said the program was cut under recent budget holdbacks and urged the committee to consider restoring funding.
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