Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB62: Provide for phaseout of Medicaid expansion program
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws to require the department of public health and human services to end the expanded medicaid program for able-bodied adults and apply for a waiver to maintain federal funding for existing participants; amending section 53-6-1304, mca; amending section 28, chapter 368, laws of 2015, section 38, chapter 415, laws of 2019, and section 48, chapter 415, laws of 2019; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO END THE EXPANDED MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS AND APPLY FOR A WAIVER TO MAINTAIN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EXISTING PARTICIPANTS; AMENDING SECTION 53-6-1304, MCA; AMENDING SECTION 28, CHAPTER 368, LAWS OF 2015, SECTION 38, CHAPTER 415, LAWS OF 2019, AND SECTION 48, CHAPTER 415, LAWS OF 2019; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Eligibility for participation in expanded medicaid program -- directions to department -- authority of department. (1) Notwithstanding the eligibility requirements of 53-61304, the department may not enroll individuals in the expanded medicaid program provided for in Title 53, chapter 6, part 13, on or after September 1, 2025, unless the individual was already enrolled on August 31, 2025, and remained enrolled continuously afterward. (2) The department shall apply for a federal waiver from the centers for medicare and medicaid services requesting the continuation of existing eligibility and federal matching fund levels for the individuals who remain enrolled in the expanded medicaid program provided for in Title 53, chapter 6, part 13, after September 1, 2025. (3) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the department's discretion in the event …
Sponsors
- Glimm, Carl (R, 3) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Committee Report
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
Votes
- Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray (February 11, 2025): 31 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 11, 2025): 20 yea, 30 nay, failed
Subjects: Social Services, Federal Government, Health Care Services, Health
Common questions
- What is SB62?
- SB62 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for phaseout of Medicaid expansion program.
- What does SB62 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws to require the department of public health and human services to end the expanded medicaid program for able-bodied adults and apply for a waiver to maintain federal funding for existing participants; amending section 53-6-1304, mca; amending section 28, chapter 368, laws of 2015, section 38, chapter 415, laws of 2019, and section 48, chapter 415, laws of 2019; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of SB62?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB62?
- Glimm, Carl (R, 3).
- Where is the official record for SB62?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0624
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