Idaho Legislature's budget committee sets Medicaid budget close to governor's requests
The
JFAC's actions on Monday will create a budget bill, or bills, that need approval by the
The budget areas affected include extra funds for this fiscal year, which ends in June, and funds for so-called budget enhancements, which are essentially not barebones budget items, for the next fiscal year. The 2026 fiscal year starts in July.
JFAC has already set Medicaid's barebones, or maintenance budget, which state lawmakers describe as funds that agencies need just to keep essential services going — without new initiatives.
The largest chunk of funds JFAC set aside Monday were almost
That 11.5% increase isn't just inflation, said Rep.
"So the 11.5% in the real world of health insurance has never equated to an inflation number, and it's probably more reasonable than we would realize," Furniss told JFAC.
"This budget helps people that are indigent. It helps … mothers that are pregnant. It helps disabled people and children. … Unfortunately, this is a budget that we really need to take care of for our people. And sometimes we forget that," he added.
How JFAC set Idaho Medicaid's enhancements budget for next fiscal year
Here's how JFAC's budget-setting broke down:
Reducing Medicaid's budget by
Transferring about
The Medicaid budget's tense history in the Legislature wasn't lost in Monday's budget-setting hearing.
Sen.
"This budget has always been one that people seem to tiptoe around. Nobody really gives it a bear hug now," Bjerke told JFAC.
The enhancement Medicaid budget approvals also included an extra
How JFAC set Idaho Medicaid's supplemental budget for this fiscal year
JFAC also approved a motion to allocate more than
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