Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB274: Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing a medical respite care program for medicaid-eligible homeless individuals; providing rulemaking authority; establishing reporting requirements; providing a definition; and providing effective dates.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL RESPITE CARE PROGRAM FOR MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING A DEFINITION; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Medical respite care program for homeless individuals -- rulemaking authority -- report. (1) There is a medical respite care program for homeless individuals who are eligible for medical assistance pursuant to Title 53, chapter 6. (2) The department shall reimburse eligible providers for medical respite care that is offered in a residential facility to individuals who are experiencing homelessness and who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury but are not ill enough to require hospital care. (3) Medical respite care consists of short-term housing with supportive medical services for acute and postacute care. To the extent allowable, medical respite care services include but are not limited to: (a) development and monitoring of a treatment plan and administration of high-quality postacute clinical services that are needed to help the patient meet the goals outlined in the treatment plan; (b) medication management and medication reconciliation, including access to medications, assistance with medication adherence, and medication education; (c) immunizations; (d) screening for communicable diseases; (e) discharge planning and timelines for …
Sponsors
- Stafman, Ed (D, 59) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Committee
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing Canceled
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Transmitted to Senate
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
Votes
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 55 yea, 43 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 3, 2025): 55 yea, 44 nay, passed
Subjects: Social Services, Rule Making, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is HB274?
- HB274 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people.
- What does HB274 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing a medical respite care program for medicaid-eligible homeless individuals; providing rulemaking authority; establishing reporting requirements; providing a definition; and providing effective dates.".
- What is the status of HB274?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB274?
- Stafman, Ed (D, 59).
- Where is the official record for HB274?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1384
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