S1446 • 2026

APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

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Sponsor: FINANCE COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-04-02
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-04-02

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APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

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APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

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Bill History

2026-04-02 Idaho State Legislature
Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
2026-04-02 Idaho State Legislature
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
2026-04-02 Idaho State Legislature
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
2026-04-02 Idaho State Legislature
Reported delivered to Governor at 1:39 p.m. on 04/02/26
2026-04-02 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by Governor on 04/02/26 Session Law Chapter 306 Effective: 04/02/2026 SECTION 3; 07/01/2026 SECTION 1, 2, 4, & 5
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-11-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward NAYS – Bjerke(Bjerke), Galloway, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Zito, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – Foreman Floor Sponsor - Cook Title apvd - to House
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 55-13-2 AYES – Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon(Cannon), Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert(Beazer), Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Haws, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts(Batt), Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Alfieri, Bruce, Cayler, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Rasor, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner(13), Thompson, Wisniewski Absent – Manwaring, Wheeler Floor Sponsor - Tanner(14) Title apvd - to Senate
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
2026-03-31 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Finance

Official Summary Text

APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1446
BY
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
APPROPRIATIONS;
APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
DE
-
2
PARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
APPROPRIATING
3
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
AUTHO
-
4
RIZING
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
PROGRAM
TRANSFER
LIMITATIONS
FOR
BEHAVIORAL
5
HEALTH
PROGRAMS;
DIRECTING
THE
USE
OF
THE
STATE
-
DIRECTED
OPIOID
SET
-
6
TLEMENT
FUND;
PROVIDING
FOR
CONDITIONS,
LIMITATIONS,
AND
RESTRICTIONS;
7
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
EFFECTIVE
DATES.
8
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
9
SECTION
1.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
10
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
the
1
1
following
amounts
to
be
expended
according
to
the
designated
programs
for
12
trustee
and
benefit
payments
from
the
listed
funds
for
the
restoration
of
13
assertive
community
treatment
and
peer
support
services
for
the
period
July
14
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
15
FOR:
16
I.
DIVISION
OF
MEDICAID
-
BASIC
MEDICAID
PLAN:
17
FROM:
18
State
-
Directed
Opioid
Settlement
Fund
19
$4,527,000
Idaho
Millennium
Income
Fund
20
3,500,000
Cooperative
Welfare
(Federal)
Fund
21
20,525,000
TOTAL
22
$28,552,000
II.
MENTAL
HEALTH
SERVICES
-
ADULT
MENTAL
HEALTH:
23
FROM:
24
State
-
Directed
Opioid
Settlement
Fund
25
$1,031,000
Idaho
Millennium
Income
Fund
26
1,119,000
TOTAL
27
$2,150,000
GRAND
TOTAL
28
$30,702,000
SECTION
2.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
29
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Judicial
Branch
in
the
Court
Operations
30
Division
for
the
District
Courts
Program
the
following
amounts
to
be
ex
-
31
pended
according
to
the
designated
expense
classes
from
the
State
-
Directed
32

2
Opioid
Settlement
Fund
for
the
restoration
of
peer
support
services
for
men
-
1
tal
health
courts
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
2
FOR:
3
Operating
Expenditures
4
$25,000
Trustee
and
Benefit
Payments
5
225,000
TOTAL
6
$250,000
SECTION
3.
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
PROGRAM
TRANSFER
LIMITATIONS
FOR
BEHAVIORAL
7
HEALTH
PROGRAMS.
Notwithstanding
any
provisions
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
8
Department
of
Health
and
Welfare
is
hereby
exempted
from
the
provisions
of
9
Section
67
-
3511(2),
Idaho
Code,
allowing
unlimited
transfers
into
the
Ba
-
10
sic
Medicaid
Plan
Program
and
the
Adult
Mental
Health
Program
from
other
pro
-
1
1
grams
within
the
department
for
all
moneys
appropriated
to
it
for
the
period
12
July
1,
2025,
through
June
30,
2026,
for
the
purpose
of
funding
assertive
13
community
treatment
and
peer
support
services.
14
SECTION
4.
OPIOID
SETTLEMENT
FUND
USAGE.
The
Legislature
finds
and
de
-
15
clares
that
assertive
community
treatment
and
peer
support
services
serve
16
the
overarching
purposes
of
the
national
opioid
settlements
even
though
not
17
every
person
assertive
community
treatment
and
peer
support
services
serves
18
suffers
from
opioid
use
disorder
(OUD).
In
a
time
of
fiscal
exigency,
every
19
dollar
matters
to
ensure
assertive
community
treatment
and
peer
support
ser
-
20
vices
remain
viable.
Therefore,
in
accordance
with
provisions
in
the
opi
-
21
oid
settlement
agreements
that
allow
the
state
to
use
a
limited
percentage
22
of
settlement
funds
for
purposes
not
directly
related
to
OUD,
and
notwith
-
23
standing
the
provisions
of
section
57
-
825,
Idaho
Code,
or
any
other
provi
-
24
sion
of
law
to
the
contrary,
of
the
amounts
appropriated
in
Section
1
and
25
Section
2
of
this
act
from
the
State
-
Directed
Opioid
Settlement
Fund,
up
to
26
$5,808,000
may
be
used
for
assertive
community
treatment
and
peer
support
27
services
participants
who
face
substance
abuse
disorders
or
mental
health
28
conditions
(SUD/MH)
without
co
-
occurring
OUD
as
those
terms
are
used
in
Ex
-
29
hibit
E,
Schedule
B
of
the
settlement
agreements.
30
SECTION
5.
CONDITIONS,
LIMITATIONS,
AND
RESTRICTIONS.
Appropriations
31
made
pursuant
to
this
act
are
subject
to
the
conditions,
limitations,
and
re
-
32
strictions
specified
in
this
act.
33
SECTION
6.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
34
declared
to
exist,
Section
3
of
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
35
and
after
passage
and
approval,
and
Sections
1,
2,
4,
and
5
of
this
act
shall
36
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
July
1,
2026.
37