---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE – Amends existing law to revise eligibility standards for medical assistance to include children with serious emotional disturbance."
description: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE – Amends existing law to revise eligibility standards for medical assistance to include children with serious emotional disturbance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 43"
citation: "Idaho H 43 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "MEDICAL", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b2c876b-3aa6-470f-aba5-83cf88e4065f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0043/"
source_hash: "7ad7cd62b1a39258f6be2512ca019d943b9268b363ce59a6723c89eb2058a70b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho H 43 (2017) — MEDICAL ASSISTANCE – Amends existing law to revise eligibility standards for medical assistance to include children with serious emotional disturbance.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **42–25** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **25–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2017-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-10** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 42-25-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chew, Clow, Collins, Dayley, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Barbieri, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Kerby, Mendive(Mendive), Monks, Moon, Nate, Scott, Stevenson, Thompson, Trujillo, Vander Woude, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Erpelding, Shepherd, YoungbloodFloor Sponsor - WoodTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-02-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-10** Read third time in full – Retained on calendar
- **2017-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-9-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Siddoway, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Lakey, Nonini, Patrick, Rice, Souza, VickAbsent and excused – DavisFloor Sponsor - JordanTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-16** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-16** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 17, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2017 Session Law Chapter 66 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b2c876b-3aa6-470f-aba5-83cf88e4065f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).