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JFAC moves behavioral-health package: supplemental funding, hospital adjustments and CANS review language approved
Summary
The committee approved a package of behavioral-health supplementals and FY 2026 adjustments, including appropriations tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan, civil commitment funding, accounting shifts for state hospitals, a one-time treatment of the Center of Excellence program and direction to explore alternatives to the CANS assessment.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a multipart behavioral-health package that includes supplemental appropriations for Idaho Behavioral Health Plan implementation, civil-commitment expenditures, fund shifts for state hospitals and language directing the Department of Health and Welfare to evaluate the child-and-adolescent needs-and-strengths (CANS) assessment and potential alternatives.
Analysts reminded the committee that the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP) went live in July and that timing and accounting differences required reappropriations and supplemental fund adjustments for federal, dedicated and general funds. The committee also revisited previously approved items after parts of the appropriation bills failed in the House and were returned to JFAC.
Why it matters: the actions fund near-term behavioral-health program needs and…
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