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Joint committee approves FY2027 Health and Human Services maintenance budget after substitute motion fails

Joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations (JFAC) · March 19, 2026
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Summary

A joint meeting of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations committees approved the FY2027 maintenance budget for Health and Human Services, rejected a substitute that would have altered reductions tied to House Bill 863, and debated cuts to residential habilitation providers and next steps for Millennium Fund items.

A joint meeting of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations committees approved the FY2027 maintenance budget for Health and Human Services after rejecting a substitute motion that would have changed the scale of reductions tied to House Bill 863.

Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee the packet covered budgets for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council and outlined three actions before the committee: the FY2027 maintenance budget, adoption of…

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