---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES/PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION/SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION – Appropriates $104,056,200 to the divisions of Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 709.58 for fiscal year 2018; provides for General Fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; directs expenditures for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; limits transfers of legislative appropriations; clarifies responsibility for education of certain children in state care; directs an interagency payment; requires an annual report on community support for the Behavioral Health Community Crisis Centers; appropriates an additional $2,255,400 to the Children’s Mental Health program, Community Hospitalization program and the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention program for fiscal year 2017; reduces the appropriation by $500,000 for the Adult Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017; and provides an additional 11 full-time equivalent positions for the Children’s Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES/PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION/SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION – Appropriates $104,056,200 to the divisions of Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 709.58 for fiscal year 2018; provides for General Fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; directs expenditures for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; limits transfers of legislative appropriations; clarifies responsibility for education of certain children in state care; directs an interagency payment; requires an annual report on community support for the Behavioral Health Community Crisis Centers; appropriates an additional $2,255,400 to the Children’s Mental Health program, Community Hospitalization program and the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention program for fiscal year 2017; reduces the appropriation by $500,000 for the Adult Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017; and provides an additional 11 full-time equivalent positions for the Children’s Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S 1189"
citation: "Idaho S 1189 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d937e9d-b109-41b9-9e11-c154ca62532f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/S1189/"
source_hash: "c9372d5318a1392fb1ea21f20bdc64ddb7d0748eaa273fc85da2ce9708f6c2d0"
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 S 1189 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES/PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION/SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION – Appropriates $104,056,200 to the divisions of Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 709.58 for fiscal year 2018; provides for General Fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; directs expenditures for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; limits transfers of legislative appropriations; clarifies responsibility for education of certain children in state care; directs an interagency payment; requires an annual report on community support for the Behavioral Health Community Crisis Centers; appropriates an additional $2,255,400 to the Children’s Mental Health program, Community Hospitalization program and the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention program for fiscal year 2017; reduces the appropriation by $500,000 for the Adult Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017; and provides an additional 11 full-time equivalent positions for the Children’s Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–19** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- FINANCE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Reported Printed; referred to Finance
- **2017-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-17** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – ForemanAbsent and excused – Patrick, StennettFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2017-03-21** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-22** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2017-03-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-19-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Monks, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Trujillo, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Chaney, Dayley, Dixon, Gestrin, Hanks, Harris, Kerby, Mendive, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Scott, Shepherd, Thompson, Troy, Vander Woude, ZitoAbsent – DeMordauntFloor Sponsor - MalekTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-29** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-29** Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 03/30/17
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Governor on 04/06/17 Session Law Chapter 292 Effective: 04/06/2017 SECTION 10-12; 07/01/2017 all other SECTIONS `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d937e9d-b109-41b9-9e11-c154ca62532f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).