APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

This bill, S 1165, allocates specific funding amounts for Idaho's Behavioral Health Services Division within the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. It provides new funding for mental health services and psychiatric hospitals while reducing appropriations for substance abuse treatment and psychiatric hospitalization in both fiscal years. The bill includes provisions allowing certain fund transfers between personnel costs and benefit payments for mental health and psychiatric hospitalization programs. It directly affects state-funded behavioral health services delivery across Idaho, including treatment programs, mental health support, and psychiatric hospital operations.