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State hospitals accredited; department requests civil-commitment supplemental after billing and bed-shift changes
Summary
Analysts said all three state hospitals have achieved accreditation, enabling Medicaid billing that reduced general-fund exposure; the Department of Health and Welfare asked for a $2.6 million one-time supplemental to cover rising civil-commitment (mental-hold) costs tied to policy changes from 2022.
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, reviewed the Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization budget and told the committee that all three state hospitals — State Hospital North (Orofino), State Hospital South (Blackfoot) and State Hospital West (Nampa) — are shown on the hospital roster and that recent accreditations affected billing patterns.
"Both of them have received accreditation at this point," Williamson said when asked about accreditation status; Director Alex Adams confirmed all three facilities are now accredited and said that State Hospital West had billed and received federal receipts that reduced general-fund needs.
Williamson presented a fiscal-year 2025 request including a one-time supplemental related to civil-commitment expenditures of $2,600,000. She said the supplemental…
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