Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB384: Establish temporary hardship law
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for protective placement of a child due to temporary hardship; allowing the department of public health and human services to remove a child for reasons of temporary hardship; requiring that the child must be returned home within 15 days; requiring notification; providing an exception to the timeline for a hearing on emergency protective services; and amending sections 41-3-102, 41-3-202, 41-3-301, and 41-3-306, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD DUE TO TEMPORARY HARDSHIP; ALLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO REMOVE A CHILD FOR REASONS OF TEMPORARY HARDSHIP; REQUIRING THAT THE CHILD MUST BE RETURNED HOME WITHIN 15 DAYS; REQUIRING NOTIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION TO THE TIMELINE FOR A HEARING ON EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE SERVICES; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 41-3-102, 41-3-202, 41-3-301, AND 41-3-306, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Temporary hardship -- definition -- protective placement. (1) The department may temporarily remove a child and place the child in a protective placement for a period of not more than 15 days for reasons of temporary hardship. Except as provided in subsection (2), the child must be returned home within 15 days. (2) If the parents, parent, guardian, or other person having physical or legal custody of the child is unable to resume or make necessary arrangements for the safety and well-being of the child as required within 15 days after removal, the department may file a petition for emergency protective services under 41-3-301. (3) For the purposes of this section, "temporary hardship" means temporary physical, medical, or legal circumstances that prevent the parents, parent, guardian, or other person having physical or legal …
Sponsors
- Emrich, Daniel (R, 11) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Subjects: Social Services, Minors, Courts
Common questions
- What is SB384?
- SB384 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish temporary hardship law.
- What does SB384 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for protective placement of a child due to temporary hardship; allowing the department of public health and human services to remove a child for reasons of temporary hardship; requiring that the child must be returned home within 15 days; requiring notification; providing an exception to the timeline for a hearing on emergency protective services; and amending sections 41-3-102, 41-3-202, 41-3-301, and 41-3-306, mca.".
- What is the status of SB384?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB384?
- Emrich, Daniel (R, 11).
- Where is the official record for SB384?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1832
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