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State hospitals accredited; DHW seeks $2.6M for civil-commitment costs as commitments rise
Summary
Department of Health and Welfare officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that all three state psychiatric hospitals have achieved accreditation and that the department is seeking a $2.6 million one‑time supplemental to cover increased civil‑commitment expenditures after a 2022 law shifted those costs to the state.
Department of Health and Welfare officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that all three state psychiatric hospitals — State Hospital North (Orofino), State Hospital South (Blackfoot) and State Hospital West (Nampa) — have achieved accreditation and have begun billing Medicaid, producing federal receipts that reduce general-fund needs.
Director Alex Adams and Ross Edmonds, administrator for the Division of Behavioral Health, described ongoing pressures tied to civil commitments and a surge in commitments to restore criminal defendants’ competency. Adams said State Hospital West has billed about $1.6 million and received roughly $1.3 million in Medicaid receipts after accreditation and that the hospitals’…
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