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JFAC approves behavioral‑health supplementals, State Hospital adjustments and directs review of CANS assessment
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee approved multiple Health & Welfare supplementals and FY2026 adjustments tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan, psychiatric hospitalization and State Hospital accounting changes, and directed the department to study alternatives to the CANS child assessment tool.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee approved multiple supplemental and fiscal‑year‑2026 enhancement requests for the Department of Health and Welfare’s behavioral‑health programs and directed staff to examine alternatives to the child and adolescent needs and strengths (CANS) assessment.
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, presented a suite of items that required reconsideration after earlier House action. The committee voted on fiscal‑year‑2025 supplementals and FY2026 enhancements across mental‑health services, psychiatric hospitalization and substance‑use treatment and prevention.
Key budget approvals included:
- Mental health services: a FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $6,743,800 in federal cooperative welfare funds to cover grants and the delayed implementation of the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan. The committee approved the appropriation on a roll…
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