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Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approves $14,130 per-FTE health insurance funding for FY2026
Summary
The Idaho Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted to set the state health insurance funding level at $14,130 per eligible full-time equivalent for fiscal year 2026, a compromise motion that committee members said balances reserve targets and projected insurance costs.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted Jan. 31 to set health insurance funding at $14,130 per eligible full-time equivalent position for fiscal year 2026, approving changes to agency personnel benefit budgets that committee staff said will increase appropriations across fund sources.
Committee analysts told members the adopted figure represents a midpoint option between the state personnel committee recommendation and the governor’s request and includes related employer-paid adjustments such as workers’ compensation and Social Security.
The committee considered three dollar-amount options: $13,960 per FTE (the CEC recommendation), $14,300 per FTE (the governor’s recommendation) and a midpoint, $14,130 per FTE. Senator Cherie Woodward moved the $14,130 figure; Representative Tanner seconded the motion. In the motion text presented to the committee, staff calculated the resulting increases as $36,043,900 from the general fund, $8,599,500 from dedicated funds and $3,753,800 from federal funds, for a total increase of $48,397,200. The motion passed…
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