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JFAC approves multiple behavioral-health supplemental appropriations, adds language on federal funds and transfer exemptions
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Friday approved a package of supplemental and FY2026 budget items for behavioral health programs, including $6,743,800 in federal grant spending tied to implementation of the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Friday approved a package of supplemental and fiscal-2026 budget items for behavioral health programs, voting to allow agencies to spend previously awarded federal grants and to shift funds among expenditure classes in certain mental-health budgets.
The committee voted to appropriate $6,743,800 in federal Cooperative Welfare funds for Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP) contract implementation for fiscal year 2025. The motion passed on a roll call that the clerk recorded as 15 ayes, 5 nays.
The committee also approved a set of related FY2026 actions, including a $261,400 federal grant increase tied to IBHP implementation; language was adopted to allow the Division of Mental Health Services to transfer funds between trustee and benefit payments and personnel costs in accordance with Idaho Code 67-3511. That FY2026 IBHP motion carried on a…
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