Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB947: Revise insurance laws relating to continuous glucose monitors and supplies
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing requirements on insurance coverage of continuous glucose monitors and supplies; providing an appropriation; amending sections 2-18-704 and 33-22-129, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS ON INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS AND SUPPLIES; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTIONS 2-18-704 AND 33-22-129, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Coverage of glucose monitoring supplies. (1) Each individual disability policy, certificate of insurance, and membership contract that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this state must provide coverage of continuous glucose monitors and monitor supplies if a person is diagnosed with type I or type II diabetes and a monitor is determined medically necessary by the individual's health care provider and prescribed by the health care provider acting within the scope of the provider's license. A policy, certificate, or contract may not contain coverage based on the stage of the insured's disease of diabetes or the insured's diagnosed need for insulin. (2) Coverage under this section may be subject to deductibles, coinsurance, and copayment provisions. Special deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or other limitations that are not generally applicable to other medical services covered under the plan may not be imposed on coverage of a continuous glucose monitor. (3) This section does not apply to disability income, hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, specified disease, or long-term care …
Sponsors
- Nave, Fiona (R, 56) · primary sponsor
- Loge, Denley (R, 45)
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Committee
- : (S) Rereferred to Committee
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Committee Report
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
Votes
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 27 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 8, 2025): 72 yea, 25 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 7, 2025): 78 yea, 19 nay, passed
Subjects: Appropriations, Insurance
Common questions
- What is HB947?
- HB947 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise insurance laws relating to continuous glucose monitors and supplies.
- What does HB947 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing requirements on insurance coverage of continuous glucose monitors and supplies; providing an appropriation; amending sections 2-18-704 and 33-22-129, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB947?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB947?
- Nave, Fiona (R, 56), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB947?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2363
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