---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding provider payment."
description: "MEDICAID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding provider payment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 863"
citation: "Idaho H 863 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "FUNDS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "LEGISLATURE", "MEDICAL", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-10"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c164f91a-649f-438a-95e1-3538a30a845e"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0863/"
source_hash: "481fd196633cd5a617ccccd6766b443baf04093b0bad8ba115d44b0380eee9dd"
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 863 (2026) — MEDICAID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding provider payment.

## 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/2026/legislation/H0863.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **19–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 60-8-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Haws, Mathias, RubelAbsent – Church, SkaugFloor Sponsor - Vander WoudeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 19-15-1AYES – Blaylock, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Hart, Kohl, Lakey, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Guthrie, Keyser, Lenney, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – Bjerke(Bjerke)Floor Sponsor - VanOrdenTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-24** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-25** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Delivered to Governor at 4:39 p.m. on March 25, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 161 Effective: 03/26/26 SECTION 1-2; 07/01/26 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 3 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c164f91a-649f-438a-95e1-3538a30a845e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).