---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID – Amends existing law to establish provisions for directed payments to qualifying hospitals."
description: "MEDICAID – Amends existing law to establish provisions for directed payments to qualifying hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 577"
citation: "Idaho H 577 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5231af93-a1a6-4623-bf30-89962a217771"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0577/"
source_hash: "f4af6b609710b8116859ab0ab8c919a8ef4c8dbcc0853ad087481b3b1d51176e"
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 577 (2024) — MEDICAID – Amends existing law to establish provisions for directed payments to qualifying hospitals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0577.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **43–23** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **21–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2024-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 43-23-4AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Healey, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Gallagher, Hawkins, Hill, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Monks, Palmer, Price, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, WisniewskiAbsent – Green, Mathias, Redman, YoungFloor Sponsor - PetzkeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-01** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2024-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Retained on calendar
- **2024-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 21-13-1AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lee, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Adams, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – LentFloor Sponsor - LeeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-21** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-22** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Delivered to Governor at 12:10 p.m. on March 22, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2024 Session Law Chapter 170 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5231af93-a1a6-4623-bf30-89962a217771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).