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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1428
BY
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE;
AP
-
2
PROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
3
FOR
THE
DIVISION
OF
EARLY
LEARNING
AND
DEVELOPMENT
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
4
APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
5
FOR
THE
DIVISION
OF
YOUTH
SAFETY
AND
PERMANENCY
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
6
APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
7
FOR
THE
DIVISION
OF
FAMILY
AND
COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
8
2027;
AUTHORIZING
ADDITIONAL
FULL
-
TIME
EQUIVALENT
POSITIONS;
PROVID
-
9
ING
REAPPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY
FOR
THE
IDAHO
CHILD
CARE
PROGRAM;
REQUIR
-
10
ING
A
REPORT
FOR
THE
IDAHO
HOME
VISITING
PROGRAM;
DIRECTING
THE
USE
OF
1
1
FUNDS
FOR
THE
IDAHO
CHILD
CARE
PROGRAM
FOR
PROGRAM
CAPACITY;
PROVIDING
A
12
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION
FOR
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
13
FOR
THE
DIVISION
OF
EARLY
LEARNING
AND
DEVELOPMENT;
PROVIDING
A
TRANS
-
14
FER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION
FOR
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
DI
-
15
VISION
OF
YOUTH
SAFETY
AND
PERMANENCY;
PROVIDING
A
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
16
EXEMPTION
BETWEEN
PROGRAMS
FOR
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
17
DIVISION
OF
YOUTH
SAFETY
AND
PERMANENCY
AND
SOUTHWEST
IDAHO
TREATMENT
18
CENTER
PROGRAM
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
PROVIDING
FOR
CONDITIONS,
LIMI
-
19
TATIONS,
AND
RESTRICTIONS;
PROVIDING
A
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION
20
BETWEEN
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
DIVISION
OF
YOUTH
SAFETY
21
AND
PERMANENCY
AND
SOUTHWEST
IDAHO
TREATMENT
CENTER
PROGRAM
FOR
FISCAL
22
YEAR
2026;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
EFFECTIVE
DATES.
23
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
24
SECTION
1.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
25
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
for
26
the
Division
of
Early
Learning
and
Development
the
following
amounts
to
be
27
expended
according
to
the
designated
programs
and
expense
classes
from
the
28
listed
funds
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
29
FOR
30
FOR
31
FOR
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
32
OPERATING
CAPITAL
BENEFIT
COSTS
33
EXPENDITURES
OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
I.
EARLY
LEARNING
AND
DEVELOPMENT:
34
FROM:
35
Cooperative
Welfare
(General)
36
Fund
37
$600,000
$600,000
Cooperative
Welfare
(Federal)
38
Fund
39
$426,300
$478,600
3,337,900
4,242,800
TOTAL
40
$426,300
$478,600
$3,937,900
$4,842,800
2
FOR
1
FOR
2
FOR
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
3
OPERATING
CAPITAL
BENEFIT
COSTS
4
EXPENDITURES
OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
II.
IDAHO
CHILD
CARE
PROGRAM:
5
FROM:
6
Cooperative
Welfare
(Federal)
7
Fund
8
$485,500
$18,500
$23,000
$15,473,000
$16,000,000
III.
SOUTHWEST
IDAHO
TREATMENT
CENTER:
9
FROM:
10
Cooperative
Welfare
(Dedicated)
1
1
Fund
12
$14,500
$14,500
Cooperative
Welfare
(Federal)
13
Fund
14
5,500
5,500
TOTAL
15
$20,000
$20,000
GRAND
TOTAL
16
$911,800
$497,100
$43,000
$19,410,900
$20,862,800
SECTION
2.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
17
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
for
the
18
Division
of
Youth
Safety
and
Permanency
the
following
amounts
to
be
expended
19
according
to
the
designated
programs
and
expense
classes
from
the
listed
20
funds
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
21
FOR
22
FOR
23
TRUSTEE
AND
OPERATING
24
BENEFIT
EXPENDITURES
25
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
I.
YOUTH
SAFETY
&
PERMANENCY:
26
FROM:
27
Cooperative
Welfare
(General)
28
Fund
29
$250,000
$250,000
II.
FOSTER
&
ASSISTANCE
PAYMENTS:
30
FROM:
31
Cooperative
Welfare
(General)
32
Fund
33
$431,900
$431,900
GRAND
TOTAL
34
$250,000
$431,900
$681,900
3
SECTION
3.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
1
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
for
the
2
Division
of
Family
and
Community
Partnerships
$180,000
from
the
Cooperative
3
Welfare
(Federal)
Fund
to
be
expended
for
operating
expenditures
for
the
4
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027,
for
the
purpose
of
the
Kinship
5
Navigation
Grant.
6
SECTION
4.
FTP
AUTHORIZATION.
In
addition
to
any
other
authorization
7
provided
by
law,
the
full
-
time
equivalent
position
authorization
provided
8
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
Division
of
Early
Learning
and
De
-
9
velopment
is
hereby
increased
by
eight
(8.00)
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
10
through
June
30,
2027.
1
1
SECTION
5.
REAPPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY
FOR
THE
IDAHO
CHILD
CARE
PROGRAM.
12
There
is
hereby
reappropriated
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
Divi
-
13
sion
of
Early
Learning
and
Development
any
unexpended
and
unencumbered
bal
-
14
ances
appropriated
or
reappropriated
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Wel
-
15
fare
Division
of
Early
Learning
and
Development
for
the
Idaho
Child
Care
Pro
-
16
gram
in
fiscal
year
2026,
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
$14,000,000,
to
be
used
17
for
nonrecurring
expenditures
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
18
2027.
The
Office
of
the
State
Controller
shall
confirm
the
reappropriation
19
amount,
by
fund,
expense
class,
and
program,
with
the
Legislative
Services
20
Office
prior
to
processing
the
reappropriation
authorized
herein.
21
SECTION
6.
REQUIRING
A
REPORT
FOR
THE
IDAHO
HOME
VISITING
PROGRAM.
The
22
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
Joint
Finance
-
23
Appropriations
Committee
by
December
31,
2026,
identifying
outcomes
and
re
-
24
turn
on
investment
for
moneys
appropriated
for
the
Idaho
Home
Visiting
Pro
-
25
gram.
The
format
and
content
of
this
report
will
be
determined
in
consul
-
26
tation
with
the
Budget
and
Policy
Analysis
Division
of
the
Legislative
Ser
-
27
vices
Office.
28
SECTION
7.
IDAHO
CHILD
CARE
PROGRAM
CAPACITY.
(1)
Of
the
amount
appro
-
29
priated
or
reappropriated
for
year
two
of
the
Idaho
Child
Care
Program
Capac
-
30
ity
through
the
Cooperative
Welfare
(Federal)
Fund,
the
Department
of
Health
31
and
Welfare
shall
prioritize:
executing
contracts,
programs
and
grants
to
32
expand
the
availability
of
licensed,
license
-
exempt,
and
unlicensed
home
-
33
based
child
care,
out
-
of
-
school
child
care
programs,
or
center
-
based
child
34
care.
No
less
than
$9
million
shall
be
reserved
for
home
-
based
child
care,
35
out
-
of
-
school
child
care
programs,
and
underserved
children.
For
the
pur
-
36
poses
of
this
funding,
underserved
populations
are
foster
children,
chil
-
37
dren
with
disabilities,
infants
and
toddlers,
children
needing
non
-
tradi
-
38
tional
hours
care,
homeless
children,
and
school
-
aged
children.
After
all
39
qualifying
providers
are
approved,
the
department
may
make
available
to
all
40
child
care
providers
unused
funding
from
the
set
-
aside.
The
funds
shall
be
41
used
to
start
or
expand
capacity
for
such
programs
and
may
not
be
used
to
sup
-
42
plant
existing
costs.
43
(2)
The
director
of
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
shall
not
allo
-
44
cate
funds:
45
(a)
For
construction
or
major
renovations
as
defined
in
45
CFR
98.2;
46
4
(b)
For
activities
prohibited
by
45
CFR
98.56;
1
(c)
For
minor
remodeling;
2
(d)
To
a
school
district;
3
(e)
To
any
provider
who
is
currently
under
investigation
by
the
depart
-
4
ment,
the
attorney
general,
or
a
county
prosecutor
for
fraud
or
the
mis
-
5
use
of
public
funds;
or
6
(f)
To
any
provider
who
has
admitted
or
was
previously
found
by
a
court,
7
administrative
tribunal,
jury,
or
other
neutral
factfinder
to
have
com
-
8
mitted
fraud
or
misused
public
funds.
9
(3)
For
purposes
of
subsection
(2)(e)
of
this
section,
a
provider
shall
10
not
be
deemed
to
be
under
investigation
solely
on
the
basis
of
having
re
-
1
1
ceived
a
civil
investigation
demand
requesting
information,
where
no
subse
-
12
quent
investigative
or
enforcement
action
has
been
taken.
13
SECTION
8.
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION.
Notwithstanding
any
other
14
provisions
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
Di
-
15
vision
of
Early
Learning
and
Development
may
transfer
moneys
appropriated
16
for
personnel
costs
and
trustee
and
benefit
payments
pursuant
to
Section
17
67
-
3511,
Idaho
Code,
for
the
period
of
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
18
SECTION
9.
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION.
Notwithstanding
any
other
19
provisions
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
20
Division
of
Youth
Safety
and
Permanency
may
transfer
moneys
appropriated
21
for
personnel
costs
and
trustee
and
benefit
payments
pursuant
to
Section
22
67
-
3511,
Idaho
Code,
for
the
period
of
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
23
SECTION
10.
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION.
Notwithstanding
any
other
24
provisions
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
Di
-
25
vision
of
Youth
Safety
and
Permanency
is
hereby
exempted
from
the
provision
26
of
Section
67
-
3511(2),
Idaho
Code,
allowing
unlimited
transfers
into
the
27
Southwest
Idaho
Treatment
Center
Program
for
all
moneys
appropriated
to
the
28
division
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
29
SECTION
11.
CONDITIONS,
LIMITATIONS,
AND
RESTRICTIONS.
Appropriations
30
made
pursuant
to
this
act
are
subject
to
the
conditions,
limitations,
and
re
-
31
strictions
specified
in
this
act.
32
SECTION
12.
TRANSFER
LIMITATION
EXEMPTION.
Notwithstanding
any
other
33
provisions
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
Di
-
34
vision
of
Youth
Safety
and
Permanency
is
hereby
exempted
from
the
provision
35
of
Section
67
-
3511(2),
Idaho
Code,
allowing
unlimited
transfers
into
the
36
Southwest
Idaho
Treatment
Center
Program
for
all
moneys
appropriated
to
the
37
division
for
the
period
July
1,
2025,
through
June
30,
2026.
38
SECTION
13.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
39
declared
to
exist,
Section
12
of
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
40
and
after
passage
and
approval,
and
Sections
1
through
11
of
this
act
shall
be
41
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
July
1,
2026.
42