Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB428: Revising provisions related to workers compensation
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising workers' compensation laws; revising the definition of employer for workers' compensation coverage; revising the frequency of summary reports submitted by insurers; revising provisions for medical status forms; and amending sections 39-71-117, 39-71-201, 39-71-306, and 39-71-1036, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS; REVISING THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYER FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE; REVISING THE FREQUENCY OF SUMMARY REPORTS SUBMITTED BY INSURERS; REVISING PROVISIONS FOR MEDICAL STATUS FORMS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 39-71-117, 39-71-201, 39-71-306, AND 39-71-1036, MCA. Section 1. Section 39-71-117, MCA, is amended to read: "39-71-117. Employer defined. (1) "Employer" all other districts established by law; all public corporations and quasi-public corporations and public agencies; each person; each prime contractor; each firm, voluntary association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, and private corporation, including any public service corporation and including an independent contractor who has a person in service under an appointment or contract of hire, expressed or implied, oral or written; and the legal representative of any deceased employer or the receiver or trustee of the deceased employer; (b) any association, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or organization that seeks permission and meets the requirements set by the department by rule for a group of individual employers to operate as self-insured under plan No. 1 of this chapter; (c) any nonprofit association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation or other entity funded in whole or in part by federal, state, or local government funds that places community service participants, as described in 39-71-118(1)(e), with nonprofit organizations or associations or federal, state, …
Sponsors
- Thiel, Morgan (R, 30) · primary sponsor
- Hunter, Gregg (R, 15)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 25, 2025): 100 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 24, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Workers' Compensation
Common questions
- What is HB428?
- HB428 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revising provisions related to workers compensation.
- What does HB428 do?
- In its own words: An act generally revising workers' compensation laws; revising the definition of employer for workers' compensation coverage; revising the frequency of summary reports submitted by insurers; revising provisions for medical status forms; and amending sections 39-71-117, 39-71-201, 39-71-306, and 39-71-1036, mca.
- What is the status of HB428?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB428?
- Thiel, Morgan (R, 30), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB428?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0458
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