MT SB497

Eliminates mandatory reporting to licensing boards for health care providers solely because they participate in a professional wellness program addressing career fatigue and burnout

Grants civil immunity to members and consultants of professional wellness programs for acts, decisions, or omissions made while performing program duties

Protects professional wellness program records, proceedings, and deliberations from discovery or use as evidence in civil actions, except under extraordinary circumstances determined by a court

Defines covered health care providers as physicians, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, behavioral health professionals, and students in related educational programs

Requires professional wellness programs to be established by tax-exempt statewide associations representing health care providers; effective immediately upon passage