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ID S1403
Bill
Status
3/28/2016
Primary Sponsor
Finance Committee
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $103,048,600 to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2017 across three divisions: Child Welfare ($65,724,800), Services for the Developmentally Disabled ($31,280,300), and Service Integration ($6,043,500).
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Authorizes maximum full-time equivalent positions: Child Welfare (388.75), Community Developmental Disability Services (176.96), Southwest Idaho Treatment Center (130.75), and Service Integration (35.00).
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Prohibits transfers of funds budgeted in the trustee and benefit payments expenditure class to any other expense class during fiscal year 2017.
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Establishes legislative intent that the Department of Health and Welfare shall pay for education of school-age children in its custody at licensed residential treatment facilities at $71.05 per student per educational day, with estimated fiscal impact of approximately $690,000.
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Directs the department to maintain Head Start appropriations paid from federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds at minimum at the same level as fiscal year 2007.
Legislative Description
Appropriates $103,048,600 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the divisions of Child Welfare, Services for the Developmentally Disabled, and Service Integration for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 731.46; provides for General Fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; limits transfers for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; provides legislative intent on educating children in the department's care; and directs expenditures for Head Start.
APPROPRIATIONS
Last Action
Signed by Governor on 03/28/16 Session Law Chapter 223 Effective: 07/01/2016
3/28/2016