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Idaho Code § 56-203 (2026)

Powers of state department. 

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Powers of state department. 

The state department shall have the power to:

(1)  Enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality whereby the state of Idaho shall receive federal grants-in-aid or other benefits for public assistance or public welfare purposes under any act or acts of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted;
(2)  Cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal acts pertaining to public assistance or welfare services, and in other matters of mutual concern;
(3)  Cooperate with county governments and other branches of government and other agencies, public or private, in administering and furnishing public welfare services;
(4)  Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to the provisions of public assistance and welfare services to residents and nonresidents;
(5)  Initiate and administer public assistance and social services for persons with physical or mental disabilities;
(6)  Establish such requirements of residence for public assistance under this chapter as may be deemed advisable, subject to any limitations imposed in this chapter, including the requirements of lawful presence pursuant to section 67-7903, Idaho Code;
(7)  Define persons entitled to medical assistance in such terms as will meet requirements for federal financial participation in medical assistance payments;
(8)  Accept the legal custody of children committed to it by district courts of this state under the child protective act, to provide protective supervision as defined therein, to place children for adoption when such children are in the legal custody of the state department and are legally available for adoption, and to exercise consent to adoption when the authority to do so is vested in the department by court order or legally authorized parental relinquishment;
(9)  Determine the amount, duration and scope of care and services to be purchased as medical assistance on behalf of needy eligible individuals;
(10) Manage and operate the southwest Idaho treatment center at Nampa, Idaho; and
(11) Manage and operate state hospital north at Orofino, Idaho; state hospital south at Blackfoot, Idaho; and state hospital west at Nampa, Idaho.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1972–2018 · leading case: Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972).
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Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972). · cites it 28× “" I.C. § 56-203 [3] enumerates the powers of the DPA under the act, including the power to define medically needy individuals and to determine the scope and amount of medical care to be purchased for recipients.”
Stafford v. Idaho Dep't of Health & Welfare, 181 P.3d 456 (Idaho 2008). · cites it 20× “The Legislature empowered the Department to carry out this program in accordance with federal acts (I.C. § 56-203) and to promulgate its own regulations for that purpose (I.”
Idaho Dep't of Health & Welfare v. John Doe (In re Doe), 416 P.3d 937 (Idaho 2018). · cites it 2× “3d 742 , 746 (2011) ; I.C. § 56-203(8). There is nothing in the adoption statute that gives the magistrate judge authority to select adoptive parents.”
Hayman v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 604 P.2d 724 (Idaho 1979). · cites it 4× “" I.C. § 56-203 provides the Department shall have the power to: "(i) Determine the amount, duration and scope of care and services to be purchased as medical assistance on behalf of needy eligible individuals.”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, Ex Rel. Washington v. Annen, 889 P.2d 720 (Idaho 1995). · cites it 2× “) and I.C. § 56-203(b). The schedule of payments regarding Jennifer can be drawn to take into account both the amounts necessary to support Annen’s current household, and the child support payments Annen may be making for his other daughters.”
Univ. of Utah Med. Ctr. v. Bonneville Cnty., 529 P.2d 1304 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 8× “Since the time of the events involved here, the name of this agency has been changed twice, first to the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and more recently to the Department of Community and Environmental Services.”
Dept of H&W v. Does I (Idaho 2018). · cites it 2× “3d 742, 746 (2011); I.C. § 56-203(8). There is nothing in the adoption statute that gives the magistrate judge authority to select adoptive parents.”
— Idaho Code § 56-203(8) — 2 cases
Idaho Dep't of Health & Welfare v. John Doe (In re Doe), 416 P.3d 937 (Idaho 2018). “3d 742 , 746 (2011) ; I.C. § 56-203(8). There is nothing in the adoption statute that gives the magistrate judge authority to select adoptive parents.”
Dept of H&W v. Does I (Idaho 2018). “3d 742, 746 (2011); I.C. § 56-203(8). There is nothing in the adoption statute that gives the magistrate judge authority to select adoptive parents.”
— Idaho Code § 56-203(b) — 2 cases
Stafford v. Idaho Dep't of Health & Welfare, 181 P.3d 456 (Idaho 2008). “The Legislature empowered the Department to carry out this program in accordance with federal acts (I.C. § 56-203) and to promulgate its own regulations for that purpose (I.”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, Ex Rel. Washington v. Annen, 889 P.2d 720 (Idaho 1995). “) and I.C. § 56-203(b). The schedule of payments regarding Jennifer can be drawn to take into account both the amounts necessary to support Annen’s current household, and the child support payments Annen may be making for his other daughters.”
— Idaho Code § 56-203(g) — 2 cases
Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972). “" I.C. § 56-203 [3] enumerates the powers of the DPA under the act, including the power to define medically needy individuals and to determine the scope and amount of medical care to be purchased for recipients.”
Stafford v. Idaho Dep't of Health & Welfare, 181 P.3d 456 (Idaho 2008). “The Legislature empowered the Department to carry out this program in accordance with federal acts (I.C. § 56-203) and to promulgate its own regulations for that purpose (I.”
— Idaho Code § 56-203(i) — 2 cases
Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972). “" I.C. § 56-203 [3] enumerates the powers of the DPA under the act, including the power to define medically needy individuals and to determine the scope and amount of medical care to be purchased for recipients.”
Univ. of Utah Med. Ctr. v. Bonneville Cnty., 529 P.2d 1304 (Idaho 1974). “Since the time of the events involved here, the name of this agency has been changed twice, first to the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and more recently to the Department of Community and Environmental Services.”
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