Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB95: Provide funding for suicide prevention
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act allocating money for suicide prevention efforts for veterans and service members; establishing purposes for use of the money; and providing an effective date and a termination date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ALLOCATING MONEY FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS FOR VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS; ESTABLISHING PURPOSES FOR USE OF THE MONEY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A TERMINATION DATE. Section 1. Allocation. (1) There is allocated $300,000 from the state special revenue account established in 17-6-603 to the department of public health and human services for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, for grants made pursuant to 53-21-1101 and 53-21-1111 for suicide prevention activities. (2) The allocation must be used to: (a) implement strategies that are developed, with assistance from the U.S. department of veterans affairs and the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration, as part of the Montana department of public health and human services' campaign to prevent suicide among service members, veterans, and their families; (b) identify and screen service members, veterans, and their families for suicide risk by: (i) establishing screening standards for the identification of suicide risk among service members, veterans, and their families; (ii) educating providers and peers involved in the intake process; and (iii) establishing a review process for identification of service members, veterans, and their families in mortality and data review; (c) promote connectedness and improve care transitions for service members, veterans, and their families by: (i) increasing peers who are trained in suicide prevention to work in connecting those individuals …
Sponsors
- Yakawich, Mike (R, 24) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
Votes
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 90 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 14, 2025): 90 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 21, 2025): 39 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 43 yea, 7 nay, passed
Subjects: Mental Illness or Incapacity, State Finance
Common questions
- What is SB95?
- SB95 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide funding for suicide prevention.
- What does SB95 do?
- In its own words: An act allocating money for suicide prevention efforts for veterans and service members; establishing purposes for use of the money; and providing an effective date and a termination date.
- What is the status of SB95?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB95?
- Yakawich, Mike (R, 24).
- Where is the official record for SB95?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2090
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