Human Services

Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services

Interim study of mandatory reporting

Study citizen's review board law for child protective service cases

Creating the Montana Bridge to Medical Residency Act

Prohibit purchase of soft drinks and candy with SNAP benefits

Generally revise laws related to the determination of the best interests of the child in custody and adoption proceedings

Revise laws related to state purchase of opioid antagonists

Study resolution on impact of federal funding changes on DPHHS

Generally revise behavioral health laws to create a secure forensic facility

Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information

Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people

Provide for continuous healthy Montana kids plan eligibility for children under 6

Establish the Senior and Long-Term Care Home and Community-Based Services Access and Stabilization Act

Generally revise Medicaid laws to improve customer service

Create Montana emergency solutions grant for rapid re-housing

Generally revise health insurance laws relating to certain conditions

Revise procurement laws to provide priority criteria for certain public assistance and human services contractors

Require health insurance companies doing business in Montana to cover IVF treatment

Prohibit adding fluoride to public water supply systems

Revising laws related to continuous medicaid eligibility

Provide for limitations on collection of medical debt

Provide for a hospital community benefit fee

Establish the Montana rare disease advisory council

Prohibiting vaccines allowed under an emergency use authorization or undergoing safety trials to be required

Generally revise laws related to the board of behavioral health

Revise medicaid laws related to direct primary care

Establish central registry for individuals who are the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect

Generally revise laws related to mentally ill individuals

Establish a vending machine account in the special revenue fund

Revise medicaid buy-in program to include children with disabilities

Allow use of expired opioid antagonists

Establish factors when determining best interest of child

Providing protections for service dogs and handlers

Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers

Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act

Revise funding for medicaid and health and support services to children and to adults who are aged, blind, and disabled

Update licensing requirements for facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services

Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid

Eliminate the board of public assistance

Establish ambulance provider assessment fee program

Study dependent neglect standards for prosecutors

Study guardianships and conservatorships

Study resolution for emergency medical services

Establish grant program for newborn safety devices

Generally revise laws related to state hospital

Generally revise insurance laws related to prior authorization of chronic conditions

Modify language in the MCA that may diminish the dignity of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing

Revise child abuse and neglect laws involving adjudication

Generally revise child abuse and neglect laws

Revise emergency use of epinephrine in school setting to include nasal spray

Mandate disclosure of certain information in public health emergency

Eliminate termination date of community health aide program

Change name of mental health advisory council to behavioral health advisory council

Revise laws related to hearings after the emergency removal and protective placement of a child

Revise the definition of child abuse or neglect

Revise the Montana HELP Act workforce development provisions and termination date

Generally revise medicaid services

Require sharing of reports of abuse and neglect at Montana State Hospital

Revise nursing home and/or assisted living funding

Authorize an ambulance provider assessment program

Create grant program for autism facilities

Apply ICWA concepts to all child protective services cases

Revise laws related to parental financial responsibility in CPS cases

Provide for the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act

Eliminating DPHHS registration requirement of day-care homes for zoning purposes

Generally revise laws related to protection of medical speech and practice

Revise definitions related to day-care facilities and family day-care homes

Provide for rural emergency hospital designation

Enhance Medicaid rates for certain children's mental health services

Revise private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs laws

Resolution urging federal action to implement the community health aide program

Interim study of fentanyl abuse and marijuana use

Interim study of behavioral health conditions among health care professionals

Revise laws related to behavioral health peer support specialists

Revise laws relating to out-of-state placement of youth with mental health needs

Generally revise public-private contracting of services

License prospective adoptive parents as foster parents

Eliminate board of public assistance

Establish patient visitation rights

Requiring report of drugs taken by or prescribed to a victim of suicide

Require consideration of harm of removal in child abuse and neglect cases

Provide oversight and standard for community benefits/charity care

Provide notice to foster parents in CPS cases

Revise pharmacist prescribing authority

Revise laws related to nonopioid alternatives for treatment of pain

Provide for reinstatement of parental rights

Extend sunset date for community health aide program

Revise laws related to insurance coverage of breast examinations

Provide licensure exemptions for military family child care providers

Require report on the use of HEART funds

Generally revise scheduling of dangerous drugs

Allow use of HEART funds for youth suicide prevention efforts

Revise laws related to contributions from parents/guardians

Strengthen qualified provider pool statute for children's mental health services

Establish limits on hospital-related charges

Revise day-care facility immunization requirements

Study of marijuana impacts during pregnancy including lasting impacts

Provide funding to alleviate impact of nursing home closures

Provide for the disposition of fetal remains

Revise tobacco laws

Provide for the Montana Volunteer Health Care Services Act

Establish a grant funding program to support homelessness care providers

Provide supplemental payments for behavioral health services

Establish a housing stability services program

Revise laws to define life

Revise laws related to adult foster care homes

Revise workers' compensation laws relating to designation of treating physician

Prohibit donations of certain blood and blood products

Establish penalties for negligent injury or death of service animals

Establish a Menstrual Equity Act

Establish medicaid medical respite care program for homeless individuals

Establishing the Montana father inclusion and engagement advisory council

Revise laws related to reporting financial abuse of elderly and disabled persons

Revise laws related to marijuana dispensaries and licenses

Provide continuous eligibility for young children covered by CHIP and Medicaid

Generally revise consumer rights laws to repair powered wheelchairs

Eliminate governor's committee on telecommunication access services

Revise laws related to fetal, infant, child, and maternal mortality review teams

Revise laws related to adult protective services

Community crisis for people who have developmental disabilities

Create nutrition incentive program for SNAP participants

Provide for equal access to anatomical gifts and organ transplantation

Revise laws relating to certificate of need

Exempt health care sharing ministries from insurance laws

Interim study of the foster care system

Interim study of the children's mental health system

Revise laws to provide for additional screening of newborn infants

Revise laws relating to insurance parity compliance reporting

Revise state suicide reduction plans to include specific military-related data

Require that medicaid appropriations be used only for medicaid expenditures

Create an emergency protective services hearing in CPS removals

Study of pharmacy services

Resolution opposing MUS requiring COVID vaccination

Generally revise Medicaid and CHIP laws

Generally revise laws related to health care services

Create psychiatric opportunity zones

Generally revise immunization laws related to foster care

Provide transparency in health care pricing

Provide for the welfare fraud prevention act

Prohibit school programming that may transmit infectious agents

Generally revise involuntary commitment hearing requirements

Revising laws re conditional hunting permits for disabled persons

Establish reporting requirements for Medicaid/CHIP quality measures

Generally revise laws related to licensed addiction counselors

Generally revise laws related to physician assistants

Support school-based prevention programs

Require child support cooperation for food stamp eligibility

Revising laws relating to designation of public health facilities

Provide for a dental patient bill of rights

Revise insurance requirements for diabetes self-management education

Revise immunization requirements for pharmacists

Establish limits on cost-sharing for insulin

Generally revise vaping and alternative nicotine products laws

Require administrative rulemaking for substantive changes to HCBS programs

Expand practice of telemedicine

Provide guidelines for assessing language development in deaf children

Requiring coverage of amplification devices, services for kids with hearing loss

Revise requirements related to CPS placements in congregate care

Establishing requirements related to mental health services for birth mothers

Provide for continued interim review of child protective services matters

Revise state suicide prevention program

Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws

Create Mobile Crisis Unit Grant Program

Revising licensing and oversight entity for medical marijuana testing labs

Allow surplus lines insurance to cover certain disability situations

Revising pharmacy laws regarding vaccines

Revise requirements for measuring children's mental health outcomes

Provide for investigations of retaliatory actions by Child Protective Services

Allowing peer support services to be reimbursed under Medicaid

Provide safe harbor for pregnant women seeking assistance for substance abuse

Revise laws related to child and family ombudsman

Interim study of services for senior citizens and physically disabled

Interim study of supporting families in the child protective services system

Study effects of drugs on infants

Resolution on the public health crisis of pornography

Interim study of reference-based pricing in insurance plans

Study how to make health care less expensive

Provide for increased access to medication assisted treatment

Create community veteran emergency care provider endorsement

Revising DD provider rates and budget development

Establish requirements in the billing and record keeping of medical expenses

Require coverage of 12-month supply of prescription contraceptives

Clarifying the Montana mental health parity act applies to disability insurance

Provide laws on use of predictive analysis in health care decisions

Allow use of medication aides in mental health center programs

Generally revise occupational behavioral health licensing laws

Establishing requirements for short-term limited-duration insurance

Revising preferred provider agreement laws to remove competitive bids or offers

Revise laws related to suicide prevention

Generally revise laws related to insurance for autism therapy services

Revise and make permanent Medicaid expansion

Requesting an interim study of options to break the cycle of youth who run away

Require workfare participation for SNAP recipients

Allow for eating disorders under the definition of mental illness

Combine Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors and Mental Health Ombudsman

Revise law public contracts law to include human services contracts

Expand the Medicaid buy-in program to children with disabilities

Generally revise chronic pain treatment laws

Revise laws related to depression screening in public schools

Revise laws related to surprise medical bills

Establish requirements for DD crisis response services

Establish grant program and other uses of DD general fund appropriation

Authorize Physical Therapy Assistant Supervision via Telemedicine

Generally revise dental auxiliary laws

Revise Prescription Drug Registry

Generally revise prescription drug laws

Eliminate the HELP Act oversight committee

Requiring transparency in health care pricing

Directing that medicaid appropriations be used only for medicaid expenditures

Authorize choice for out-of-state health care insurance

Provide for licensing of board certified behavior analysts

Require coverage of habilitative services under the Healthy Montana Kids Plan

Plan for improved delivery of care for acute heart attacks

Study emergency care provider training and scope of practice

Require DPHHS to monitor factors related to children's mental health outcomes

Revise the Montana rural physician incentive program

Revise youth athlete protection laws

Require DPHHS to develop a strategic plan to reduce child abuse and neglect

Authorize establishment of a 12-bed intensive behavioral center

Adopt the Help Save Lives from Overdose Act

Increase HCBS waiver slots and assisted living reimbursement rates

Generally revise marriage laws

Create legislative study committee on reference-based pricing

Provide for levy on hospitals for medical education programs

Provide for licensure of specialists in educational psychology

Generally revise suicide prevention laws and grants for youth suicide prevention

Revise laws related to the closure of the Montana Developmental Center

Authorizing establishment of an emergency care system

Resolution to revise Montana's Strategic Suicide Prevention Plan of 2017

Establish requirements for insurance coverage of contraceptives

Require Medicaid coverage of marriage and family therapist services

Revise comprehensive school and community treatment services

Restrict opioid prescriptions

Generally revise telemedicine laws for physicians

Revise service animal laws

Prohibit individual health insurance discrimination with some exceptions

Volunteer Health Services Act

Revise requirements related to release of patient immunization information

Revise laws related to adverse childhood experiences

Provide licensing, regulation of anesthesiologist assistants

Remove sunset on patient-centered medical homes

Require certain licensed health professionals be trained in suicide prevention

Allow for biennial county matching grants for mental health crisis intervention

Provide for suicide prevention among American Indian and rural youth

Create a grant program for training volunteer respite providers

Interim study of transparency in health care pricing

Interim study on the effects of methamphetamine use on state and local services

Provide for physician assistant supervision of medical assistants

Authorize interstate healthcare compact

Revise laws related to choice of practitioners

Fingerprint background checks for licensing under medical licensure compact

Establish a palliative care advisory council and education program

Certification for behavioral health peer support specialists

Provide for appointment of court-appointed special advocate as guardian ad litem

Provide for a Montana caregiver act

Require insurance coverage of teledentistry

Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation

Eliminate certain DPHHS advisory councils and reports

Allow Board of Physical Therapy Examiners to join multistate license compact

Providing requirements for Medicaid overpayment audits

Generally revise the Montana administrative procedure act

Plan for the closure of Montana developmental center at Boulder

Revising laws regarding the commitment of incapacitated persons

Interim study of youth concussion protection laws

Revising laws on period of commitment or treatment of developmentally disabled

Creating the Healthy Montana Act to Expand Health Care Coverage

Reauthorize the child and family ombudsman

Study use of patient compensation system for medical malpractice claims

Interim study of services for individuals with dementia

Interim study on homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, & incarceration

Require CHIP coverage of autism spectrum disorder

Require DPHHS to provide educational materials to medicaid enrollees

Revise laws related to defensive medicine

Require drug screening & testing for temp assistance for needy families program

Appropriate money for state-run mental health group home

Provide for the welfare fraud prevention act

Establish directory of medicaid personal care services in Montana

Authorize direct primary care provider plans

Increase resource limits for medicaid program for workers with disabilities

Require insurance coverage for children with down syndrome

Resolution to support May as ALS Awareness Month and urge research

Resolution on medicare/medicaid expansion

Revise laws related to DPHHS personal assistance services information collection

Authorize interstate healthcare compact

Interstate medical licensure compact

Clarify rules of evidence for mental health professional-client privilege

Establishing all-payer claims database

Establishing the Catastrophic Health Care Costs Act

Native American and rural youth suicide prevention pilot project

Provide review committee for healthcare licensing scopes of practice

Create Healthy Montana Act to expand health care coverage to certain Montanans

Revise laws related to health care options for patients with terminal illnesses

Revise health care laws on peer review committees

Require publishing of vaccine schedule and reporting to Legislature

Revise terms for treating physician designation in workers' compensation cases

Add PTSD to the list of debilitating medical conditions for marijuana use

Revise milk laws

Address discriminatory health insurance policy practices

Revise laws regarding physician dispensing of prescription medication

Increase adjustments to medicaid dental conversion factor

Consider housing needs in discharge plans to the Montana State Hospital

Revise requirements related to release of patient immunization information

Revise laws related to health care provider service payments

Require plan for terminating Montana comprehensive health association laws

Create a medicaid pay-for-performance pilot project

Revise Medicaid qualification enforcement laws

Allow mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect to receive information

Resolution requesting a legislative study on prescription drug abuse

Generally revise laws related to health care and health insurance

An interim study of drug pricing and pharmacy benefit managers

Establishing a pilot project to fund services for cancer clinical trial patients

Raise county population for certificate of need for ambulatory surgery centers

Establish a newborn pulse oximetry screening program

Implement the Access Health Montana Program

Create Montana Indian Child Welfare Act

Provide protections for physician treatment of Lyme disease

Implement the Medicaid expansion

Revise laws regarding attorneys representing children in abuse and neglect cases

Prohibit use of tanning devices for person under 18 years old absent consent

Revise insurance coverage for minimum mammography examination

Provide epinephrine standards, options for emergency responders

Eliminate medical marijuana recordkeeping and unannounced inspection provisions

Remove limitations on number of patients medical marijuana care givers can serve

Revise supplemental nutrition assistance program funding laws

Study institutions serving people with mental illness and other conditions

Revise cigarette tax funding laws related to state veterans' homes

Consider housing needs in discharge plans from mental health facilities

Allow payment of expenses for deceased Medicaid and MT healthy kid enrollees

Create advisory committee on cost-base medicaid mental health rate reimbursement

Appropriate TANF funds for out-of-school food support activities

Require DPHHS undertake accreditation process for children and family services

Provide criminal background checks of potential emergency placement residents

Revise laws relating to reports of alleged abuse at MT Development Center

Generally revise criminal justice system laws related to mental illnesses

Require insurance coverage of telemedicine services

Revise laws governing board of speech-language pathologists and audiologists

Clarify coverage of routine costs for patients in approved clinical trials

Revise developmental disability laws

Revise laws relating to confidentiality of child abuse and neglect reports

Revise state employee health insurance program to include high deductible plan

Prohibit state gov't from administering fed health insurance purchase reqmnt

Revise calculation of physician reimbursement for Medicaid services

Create interstate health care compact

Revise tribal use of TANF maintenance of effort funds

Generally revise health laws for seasonal establishments

Clarifying employer's rights related to employee use of medical marijuana

Interim study of waiver services for children with developmental disabilities

Revise laws related to psychologists prescriptive authority

Require cost-benefit analysis of mandated health insurance coverage of service

Prohibit qualified health plans from covering abortion services through exchange

Allow medical providers to provide care utilizing immunotherapy

Revise laws relating to marijuana consumption

Revise public health services

Providing medicaid coverage for orientation and mobility services

Revise procedures related to the Medical Marijuana Act

Consider housing needs in discharge plans from mental health facilities

Require DPHHS to pursue self-directed care using special medicaid accounts

Provide for health care sharing ministries and exempt from insurance codes

Discontinue state employee efforts related to federal health care reform

Mandated benefits review by Insurance Commissioner for Legislature

Constitutional amendment on freedom to choose health care coverage

Healthcare tax credits for individuals and out-of-pocket expenses

Repeal medical marijuana law

Repeal provider rate commission

Revise Medicaid eligibility criteria to implement federal health care reform

Clarify commitment laws relating to people with developmental disabilities

Interim study on health care workforce development initiatives

Clarify mental health diversion grant awards are based on admissions to MSH

Provide penalties for certain communications for dangerous drug prescriptions

Require reporting of complaints on physician practices related to med marijuana

Generally revise health insurance laws for data and analysis generation

Clarify that the Clean Indoor Air Act applies to smoking of medical marijuana

Establish Montanan's with Developmental Disabilities Appreciation Week