HB912 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise behavioral health laws to create a secure forensic facility.

What is the status of HB912?

Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).

Kelly, Steven (R, 9), with 1 co-sponsor.

Where is the official record for HB912?

On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0496

Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session

Montana HB912: Generally revise behavioral health laws to create a secure forensic facility

Q: What does HB912 do?

In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to behavioral health; creating a secure forensic facility; providing minimum requirements for the facility and its services; allowing the behavioral health system for future generations fund to support the construction of new property to support behavioral health settings and immediate care facilities; providing an appropriation; amending section 50-1-119, mca; amending section 12, chapter 739, laws of 2023; repealing sections 9, 10, 11, and 13, chapter 739, laws of 2023; and providing an effective date.".

Status: Failed, May 22, 2025

What the bill says

A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to behavioral health; creating a secure forensic facility; providing minimum requirements for the facility and its services; allowing the behavioral health system for future generations fund to support the construction of new property to support behavioral health settings and immediate care facilities; providing an appropriation; amending section 50-1-119, mca; amending section 12, chapter 739, laws of 2023; repealing sections 9, 10, 11, and 13, chapter 739, laws of 2023; and providing an effective date.".

From the engrossed text:

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; CREATING A SECURE FORENSIC FACILITY; PROVIDING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FACILITY AND ITS SERVICES; ALLOWING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS FUND TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PROPERTY TO SUPPORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS AND IMMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTION 50-1-119, MCA; AMENDING SECTION 12, CHAPTER 739, LAWS OF 2023; REPEALING SECTIONS 9, 10, 11, AND 13, CHAPTER 739, LAWS OF 2023; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Establishment of secure forensic facility. (1) The department of public health and human services ADMINISTRATION shall oversee the construction and operation of a secure forensic facility to provide care, treatment, and security for individuals who have been adjudicated as guilty but mentally ill, not guilty by reason of mental illness, or in need of forensic evaluations or competency restoration prior to legal proceedings. (2) The facility must be designed to house a maximum of AT LEAST 70 patients. (3) The facility must be located east of a line running north and south through Big Timber, IN EASTERN Montana, at a site determined by the department in consultation with other appropriate state agencies. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Facility design and …

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Montana HB912: Generally revise behavioral health laws to create a secure forensic facility

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