Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB230: Generally revise Medicaid laws
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act eliminating work requirements and premiums; providing for 12-month continuous eligibility; improving customer service for medicaid clients; establishing a medicaid client advisory board; providing direction to the department of public health and human services; repealing the termination date of the montana health and economic livelihood partnership act; providing an appropriation; amending sections 39-12-103, 53-2-301, 53-6-160, 53-6-1302, 53-6-1303, 53-6-1305, 53-6-1313, 53-6-1315, and 53-6-1325, mca…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ELIMINATING WORK REQUIREMENTS AND PREMIUMS; PROVIDING FOR 12-MONTH CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY; IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR MEDICAID CLIENTS; ESTABLISHING A MEDICAID CLIENT ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; REPEALING THE TERMINATION DATE OF THE MONTANA HEALTH AND ECONOMIC LIVELIHOOD PARTNERSHIP ACT; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTIONS 39-12-103, 53-2-301, 53-6-160, 53-6-1302, 53-6-1303, 53-6-1305, 53-6-1313, 53-6-1315, AND 53-6-1325, MCA; REPEALING SECTIONS 15-30-2660, 53-6-1307, 53-6-1308, 53-6-1309, AND 53-6-1314, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 28, CHAPTER 368, LAWS OF 2015, SECTIONS 38 AND 48, CHAPTER 415, LAWS OF 2019, SECTION 17, CHAPTER 456, LAWS OF 2019, AND SECTIONS 3 AND 4, CHAPTER 318, LAWS OF 2021; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Twelve-month continuous eligibility -- direction to department of public health and human services. (1) The department shall apply for amendments to existing medicaid section 1115 waivers to authorize 12-month continuous eligibility of medicaid coverage for: (a) parents and caretaker relatives, as allowed prior to the waiver amendment approved March 30, - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB **** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 230.1 2022; and (b) adults eligible for medicaid pursuant to this part, as allowed prior to the waiver amendment approved December 21, 2021. (2) The department shall …
Sponsors
- Caferro, Mary (D, 81) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
Subjects: Appropriations, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is HB230?
- HB230 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise Medicaid laws.
- What does HB230 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act eliminating work requirements and premiums; providing for 12-month continuous eligibility; improving customer service for medicaid clients; establishing a medicaid client advisory board; providing direction to the department of public health and human services; repealing the termination date of the montana health and economic livelihood partnership act; providing an appropriation; amending sections 39-12-103, 53-2-301, 53-6-160, 53-6-1302, 53-6-1303, 53-6-1305, 53-6-1313, 53-6-1315, and 53-6-1325, mca…
- What is the status of HB230?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB230?
- Caferro, Mary (D, 81).
- Where is the official record for HB230?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1217
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