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Committee reviews Idaho Behavioral Health Plan funding request, seeks transfer exemptions to cover gaps
Summary
Legislative analysts and the Department of Health and Welfare discussed a federal supplemental and ongoing requests tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan and asked the Legislature to lift program-transfer limits so the department can move funds into children’s and adult mental health programs.
Alex Williamson, a 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 federal supplemental and a $261,400 ongoing federal appropriation tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan after a delayed go-live moved grant timing out of the originally appropriated year. The department also requested exemptions to statutory program-transfer limits so it can shift funds into adult and children’s mental health in fiscal 2025 and 2026.
The request stems from the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP) going live in July 2024 rather than 2022, Williamson said, and three federal grants related to the go-live are still available but not usable under the original appropriation years. “They are asking for an appropriation now in…
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