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Idaho officials explain delays, federal grants and transfer requests tied to behavioral health plan
Summary
State health officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan went live in July 2024 after legal delays, and requested supplemental federal authority and transfer-exemption language so the Department of Health and Welfare can access awarded grants and shift funds within the division.
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’s Division of Mental Health Services is seeking a fiscal 2025 one-time federal supplemental of $6,700,000 and a 2026 ongoing federal increase of $261,400 to support the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP).
The funding requests are intended to allow the department to access federal grants tied to the IBHP and to cover operating costs connected to grant work, Williamson said. She also identified an agency request for a transfer-exemption tied to Idaho Code 67-35-11 that would lift program-transfer limits for fiscal 2025 and allow broader transfers in fiscal 2026.
The IBHP was scheduled to go live in 2022 but “went live July of this last year,” Williamson said. Director Alex Adams told the committee the procurement and contracting process for IBHP was “the…
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