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Legislative panel hears that Idaho Behavioral Health Plan delays, legal challenges and budget limits drove supplemental requests
Summary
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the Department of Health and Welfare is seeking a $6.7 million one‑time federal appropriation and a $261,400 ongoing federal operating increase tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP).
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the Department of Health and Welfare is seeking a $6.7 million one‑time federal appropriation and a $261,400 ongoing federal operating increase tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP). The supplemental would give the department authority to access federal grants that were issued at go‑live but originally appropriated for earlier fiscal years and therefore not currently available to the agency.
Department director Alex Adams said much of the delay around the IBHP implementation predated his tenure. "This was, I believe, the largest contract in the history of the state," Adams said, and he added that "about a year in legal…
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