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Montana Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB50 | Provide protections to parents and pregnant women with substance use disorder | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB56 | Establish ambulance provider assessment fee program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB76 | Generally revise laws related to the board of behavioral health | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
| HB77 | Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect investigations by the department of public health and human services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
| HB143 | Revise definition of treating physician to include physician assistants without regard to proximity of other providers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| HB184 | Modify language in the MCA that may diminish the dignity of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/18/2025 |
| HB185 | Provide for continuous healthy Montana kids plan eligibility for children under 6 | Dead | 04/09/2025 |
| HB198 | Revise laws that prohibit contracts that restrict practice of health care providers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| HB245 | Revise the Montana HELP Act workforce development provisions and termination date | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| HB253 | Mandate disclosure of certain information in public health emergency | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| HB274 | Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB352 | Revise child support guideline laws and establish a committee | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/01/2025 |
| HB377 | Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB397 | Revise laws related to privacy in mental health digital service | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB403 | Generally revise laws related to state hospital | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB419 | Implementing cost reporting for certain Medicaid service provider types | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| HB456 | Provide best beginnings scholarships to child care workers | Vetoed | 04/09/2025 |
| HB473 | Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB476 | Establish grant program for newborn safety devices | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/20/2025 |
| HB543 | Repeal termination date on reporting and disclosure of violence against health care employees | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/14/2025 |
| HB558 | Establish a nurse health corps | Dead | 03/14/2025 |
| HB574 | Authorizing implementation of the certified community behavioral health clinic model | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| HB576 | Revise funding for medicaid and health and support services to children and to adults who are aged, blind, and disabled | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| HB601 | Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| HB610 | Revise preauthorization laws relating to healthcare | Vetoed | 03/14/2025 |
| HB687 | Revise age of expanded Medicaid participants required to engage in community engagement activities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| HB694 | Revise laws related to child abuse and neglect | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| HB723 | Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB732 | Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB765 | Reestablish the working interdisciplinary network of guardianship stakeholders | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| HB796 | Providing for department of labor and industry and licensing boards to request health care information by administrative process | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/19/2025 |
| HB807 | Prohibiting vaccines allowed under an emergency use authorization or undergoing safety trials to be required | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/19/2025 |
| HB825 | Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/19/2025 |
| HB851 | Create department of health services | Dead | 04/09/2025 |
| HB881 | Revise medicaid buy-in program to include children with disabilities | Vetoed | 04/09/2025 |
| HB891 | Provide subpoena powers to the office of inspector general | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/07/2025 |
| HB912 | Generally revise behavioral health laws to create a secure forensic facility | Dead | 04/08/2025 |
| HB943 | Establish the Montana rare disease advisory council | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/10/2025 |
| HB949 | Require fee schedule and report for certain commitments | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/10/2025 |
| HB953 | Revise medicaid laws related to direct primary care | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/10/2025 |
| HJ26 | Study guardianships and conservatorships | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/18/2025 |
| HJ43 | Study resolution on coordinated homeless services | Dead | 04/24/2025 |
| HJ66 | Study resolution on impact of federal funding changes on DPHHS | Dead | 04/25/2025 |
| HJ75 | Interim study of the Montana state hospital | Dead | 04/28/2025 |
| SB17 | Revise laws related to hearings after the emergency removal and protective placement of a child | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB18 | Revise the definition of child abuse or neglect | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/06/2025 |
| SB50 | Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect investigations | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB62 | Provide for phaseout of Medicaid expansion program | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB72 | Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services | Vetoed | 01/07/2025 |
| SB73 | Generally revise laws relating to protective care | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB82 | Establish adjustment to blindness program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| SB86 | Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| SB88 | Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| SB95 | Provide funding for suicide prevention | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| SB100 | Revise funding for assisted living services | Dead | 01/13/2025 |
| SB112 | Revise laws related to state purchase of opioid antagonists | Dead | 01/14/2025 |
| SB125 | Revise laws related to community homes for people with developmental disabilities | Dead | 01/13/2025 |
| SB135 | Eliminate termination of chemical dependency voucher program | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| SB140 | Adopting the social work licensure compact | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| SB144 | Change name of mental health advisory council to behavioral health advisory council | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| SB147 | Generally revise Montana Indian child welfare laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| SB155 | Create food safety panel | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB170 | Eliminate termination date of community health aide program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/21/2025 |
| SB180 | Generally revise laws related to the determination of the best interests of the child in custody and adoption proceedings | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB187 | Generally revise medicaid laws | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB191 | Provide for the licensure of residential treatment centers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB194 | Eliminate the board of public assistance | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB199 | Revise the Medicaid expansion program | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB206 | Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect proceedings and investigations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/24/2025 |
| SB211 | Revise emergency use of epinephrine in school setting to include nasal spray | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/27/2025 |
| SB216 | Creating the Montana physicians' workforce investment act | Dead | 01/28/2025 |
| SB229 | Revise temporary investigative authority of department of health and human services in child abuse and neglect cases | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| SB230 | Revise standard for emergency protective services in child abuse and neglect cases | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| SB231 | Require department of public health and human services to file attachments to affidavit in child abuse or neglect proceedings | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| SB248 | Provide that legislator access to CPS records includes drug testing results | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| SB249 | Revise child abuse and neglect laws involving adjudication | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| SB250 | Generally revise laws related to child and family ombudsman | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| SB251 | Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| SB256 | Generally revise child abuse and neglect laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| SB259 | Generally revise laws related to child safety | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| SB268 | A bill to renew the dependency and neglect court system task force | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| SB269 | Generally revise laws regarding family and group day-care homes | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| SB285 | Generally revise child care administrative rules | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB296 | Enhance penalty for crime against vulnerable person | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/12/2025 |
| SB300 | Providing protections for service dogs and handlers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| SB317 | Prohibit health insurers from performing prior authorization on psychiatric drugs in shortage or discontinued | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB319 | Generally revise health care laws related to doulas | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB331 | Require state buildings to have automatic fire sprinklers or suppression systems | Dead | 02/15/2025 |
| SB334 | Providing medicaid expansion to able-bodied adults who comply with community engagement requirements | Dead | 02/15/2025 |
| SB353 | Revise right to try laws to include minors with a terminal illness | Dead | 02/19/2025 |
| SB354 | Prohibit purchase of soft drinks and candy with SNAP benefits | Dead | 02/19/2025 |
| SB367 | Revise citizen review boards in DN proceedings | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB372 | Establish nurse safe staffing standards | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB375 | Prohibit sale of edible products that contain hemp | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| SB378 | Create a tribal relations management team at DPHHS | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB382 | Requiring acceptance of religious or conscience exemptions to immunizations | Dead | 02/21/2025 |
| SB384 | Establish temporary hardship law | Dead | 02/21/2025 |
| SB390 | Revise definitions in Clean Indoor Air Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| SB402 | Provide for case determinations of investigations of reported child abuse or neglect | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| SB415 | Generally revise milk laws | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| SB416 | Establish label requirements for pasteurized milk | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB425 | Prohibit incarceration of certain inmates out of state | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| SB435 | Generally revise laws related to mentally ill individuals | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| SB463 | Generally revise laws related to reporting of child abuse and neglect | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB464 | Revise laws related to appointment of special advocates in abuse and neglect cases | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| SB465 | Revise GAL laws and funding | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB466 | Establish factors when determining best interest of child | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| SB467 | Generally revise child care laws | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB468 | Establish central registry for individuals who are the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| SB469 | Generally revise laws related to service area authorities | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB475 | Ban aluminum in vaccines | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB503 | Allow use of expired opioid antagonists | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| SB513 | Increase capacity in the family education and support services program | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB516 | Update licensing requirements for facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| SB522 | Generally revise medicaid laws to reduce or eliminate waiting lists | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB523 | Revise reimbursement for medicaid services | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB524 | Revise laws relating to category D assisted living facilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| SB535 | Revise laws related to experimental treatments | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| SB554 | Generally revise laws related to hospitals operating as nonprofit care facilities | Dead | 03/27/2025 |
| SB560 | Provide for a hospital community benefit fee | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| SB563 | Creating the Montana Bridge to Medical Residency Act | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| SB565 | Creating the Montana endowment for early childhood and related structure | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| SB566 | Provide for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| SJ13 | Study resolution for emergency medical services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/12/2025 |
| SJ29 | Interim study resolution on coordinating efforts between OPI and DPHHS in addressing the impacts on children of prenatal exposure to meth and fentanyl | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/08/2025 |
| SJ30 | Study the child abuse and neglect registry | Dead | 04/09/2025 |
| SJ31 | Interim study of mandatory reporting | Dead | 04/10/2025 |
| SJ32 | Study citizen's review board law for child protective service cases | Dead | 04/10/2025 |
| SJ34 | Interim study of child care | Dead | 04/11/2025 |
| SJ36 | Study dependent neglect standards for prosecutors | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/11/2025 |
| SJ37 | Interim survey of behavioral health services in Montana | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/12/2025 |
| SJ41 | Interim study of home-based and family child care providers | Dead | 04/15/2025 |
| SJ48 | Interim study of the public health and safety impacts of marijuana legalization | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/18/2025 |
| SJ49 | Interim study of youth and family behavioral health prevention | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/18/2025 |
| SJ50 | Interim study of the medical response to COVID-19 | Dead | 04/23/2025 |
| SR10 | Confirm governor's appointees for board of alternative health care | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| SR11 | Confirm governor appointee for board of athletic trainers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| SR12 | Confirm governor's appointees for board of dentistry | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| SR20 | Confirm governor's appointees for the board of nursing | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR22 | Confirm governor's appointees for the board of medical examiners | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR27 | Confirm governor's appointee for the board of nursing home administrators | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR33 | Confirm governor's appointees for the board of optometry | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR36 | Confirm governor's appointee for board of behavioral health | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR38 | Confirm governor's appointees for board of chiropractors | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR46 | Confirm governor's appointees for board of speech-language pathologists and audiologists | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR50 | Confirm governor's appointees for board of physical therapy examiners | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/15/2025 |
| SR68 | Confirm governor's appointee for the board of massage therapy | Dead | 03/19/2025 |
| SR86 | Confirm governor's appointee for the board of medical examiners | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| SR104 | Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of public health and human services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| SR107 | Confirm the governor's appointee for the board of dentistry | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/07/2025 |