RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION FUNDS – States findings of the Legislature and calls on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and the State Treasurer to return rural health transformation funds to the United States Treasury.

This concurrent resolution asks state officials to reject and return approximately $1 billion in federal Rural Health Transformation funds to the U.S. Treasury. The bill states that Idaho does not need to accept these funds and encourages the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee not to appropriate any money for the program. It also urges the State Treasurer to return any funds already received to the federal government. The resolution argues that accepting the money would increase healthcare costs without improving rural health outcomes.