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Idaho health officials ask committee for transfer exemptions, federal authority to access delayed behavioral health grants
Summary
At a Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee budget hearing, Legislative Services analyst Alex Williamson and Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) Director Alex Adams described federal and state funding needs tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP), the 988 crisis line rollout and community mental health programs and asked the committee for transfer-exemption authority to move funds across program categories.
At a Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee budget hearing, Legislative Services analyst Alex Williamson and Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) Director Alex Adams described federal and state funding needs tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP), the 988 crisis line rollout and community mental health programs and asked the committee for transfer-exemption authority to move funds across program categories.
The Idaho Behavioral Health Plan, which went live in July 2024 after implementation delays, carries federal grants that the department says it needs legislative appropriation authority to access. Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee the agency is requesting a $6,700,000 one-time federal supplemental to support the first year of IBHP operations and an ongoing federal operating increase of $261,400 to support grant administration.
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