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An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority to adjust a hospital’s reimbursement rates and to appoint a hospital observer

2025-2026 Regular Session

Idaho HB 482 shifts $330 million from General Fund to the Public School Income Fund to back FY2026 public school appropriations.

House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2025
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Bill Summary · H 482

Summary — H 482 (Idaho, 2025)

Title (as provided): An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority to adjust a hospital’s reimbursement rates and to appoint a hospital observer

Note: the documents supplied with this request contain text and fiscal information for House Bill No. 482 of the Idaho Sixty‑eighth Legislature (an appropriations/cash‑transfer bill addressing Military Division funding, reserve transfers, school funding, and pay parity) and unrelated materials from a Massachusetts docket. This summary reflects the substantive Idaho bill text and fiscal note provided in the packet. There is a mismatch between the user‑supplied title and the bill documents; please advise if you intended a different H 482.

Main purpose

The bill makes several end‑of‑session fiscal and administrative adjustments for Idaho state government: (1) provides a FY2025 supplemental appropriation to the Military Division, (2) temporarily prohibits transfers from the Budget Stabilization (rainy day) Fund to the General Fund for a specified period, (3) consolidates remaining balances from several legacy or rarely used funds into active funds, (4) transfers $330 million from the General Fund to the Public School Income Fund to support FY2026 school appropriations, and (5) requires the Military Division to implement FY2026 pay increases to maintain parity with the federal General Schedule for certain employees.

Key provisions / changes

  • Section 1 — Appropriation: $200,000 General Fund appropriation to the Military Division (Military Management Program) for trustee and benefit payments related to commissioning support for the USS Idaho (SSN 799) — to be spent FY2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025).
  • Section 2 — Budget Stabilization Fund freeze: The Office of the State Controller is prohibited from transferring funds from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General Fund for the period June 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 (overrides the usual cap/transfer requirement in Idaho Code §57‑814).
  • Section 3 — Transfer Bond Levy Equalization Fund balance to General Fund: directs the Controller to transfer the remaining balance (fiscal note estimates ≈ $37.8 million) to the General Fund for FY2025.
  • Section 4 — Transfer Constitutional Defense Fund balance to Legislative Legal Defense Fund: remaining balance (est. ≈ $1.1 million).
  • Section 5 — Transfer Governor’s Emergency Fund balance to the General Fund (est. ≈ $652,500) to centralize emergency funds within the Office of Emergency Management in the Military Division.
  • Section 6 — School funding transfer: directs transfer of $330,000,000 from the General Fund to the Public School Income Fund on July 1, 2025 (or as soon thereafter as practicable) to support the FY2026 public schools appropriation (House Bill 251).
  • Section 7 — Pay parity: requires the Military Division to implement FY2026 salary increases to maintain parity with the federal General Schedule for employees on the National Guard Administration pay schedule; other Military Division employees receive increases under conditions in SB 1110.

Fiscal impact (from fiscal note)

  • $200,000 General Fund appropriation (Military Division, FY2025).
  • Transfers consolidating accounts: Bond Levy Equalization Fund (~$37.8M), Constitutional Defense Fund (~$1.1M), Governor’s Emergency Fund (~$652,500).
  • $330,000,000 transfer from General Fund to Public School Income Fund (to match House Bill 251 appropriations for FY2026).
  • The Budget Stabilization Fund balance (~$880.2M) is to be maintained through FY2026 (prevents statutory excess transfer back to General Fund during that period).

Who is affected

  • Military Division / National Guard employees (pay parity provision; receives the $200k appropriation destination and centralization of some emergency funds).
  • Idaho public school funding cash flow — $330M transfer ensures cash support for FY2026 school appropriations.
  • State fiscal accounts — consolidation of several legacy funds into General Fund or Legislative Legal Defense Fund.
  • State Controller’s office — required to make the specified transfers and to refrain from budget stabilization transfers during the stated period.

Timing / effective dates

  • Sections 1–5 declared an emergency and effective on passage and approval (per bill text).
  • Sections 6–7 effective July 1, 2025.
  • Legislative action records in the packet show passage in April–May 2025 and a governor approval entry dated June 5, 2025; the packet also contains a record noting a line‑item veto on April 14, 2025 and subsequent signing entries. These records appear inconsistent; consult the official session laws or the Secretary of State/Legislature website to confirm final enacted text and any veto adjustments.

Notes and caveats

  • The supplied bill title (re: Green Mountain Care Board and hospital reimbursement) does not match the Idaho appropriations bill content provided. Also included in the documents was unrelated Massachusetts House docket material. This summary is based on the Idaho HB 482 text and fiscal note included in the packet. If you intended a summary of a different H 482 (e.g., Vermont or Massachusetts), please provide the correct text or indicate which jurisdiction so I can produce an accurate summary.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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