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MT HB682

Bill

Status

Passed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Greg Kmetz

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a statute of limitations allowing individuals who received gender transition treatment as minors to file tort actions until age 25, or within 2 years of discovering the injury and its causal connection to treatment, with an absolute cutoff at age 30

  • Requires any group or individual insurance policy that covers gender transition treatment to also cover detransition treatment under equivalent cost-sharing terms

  • Mandates state employee group benefit plans and Montana University System group benefit plans to provide detransition coverage if they cover gender transition treatment

  • Requires Medicaid and Healthy Montana Kids programs to include detransition treatment as a covered service if gender transition treatment is covered, with equivalent cost-sharing policies

  • Defines "gender transition treatment" to include specific surgical procedures, supraphysiologic hormone doses, and puberty blockers provided to address a person's perception that their gender differs from their sex; effective October 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Generally revise laws regarding gender transition treatment

Safety

Last Action

Chapter Number Assigned

5/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/17/2025
Judiciary2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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