Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB497: Provide laws related to healthcare provider burnout
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act addressing career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; providing civil immunity for members of or health care professional consultants to certain entities addressing career fatigue and wellness in health care providers; revising mandatory and permissive reporting laws related to certain health care providers; amending sections 37-3-401 and 37-4-312, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ADDRESSING CAREER FATIGUE AND WELLNESS IN CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; PROVIDING CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF OR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES ADDRESSING CAREER FATIGUE AND WELLNESS IN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; REVISING MANDATORY AND PERMISSIVE REPORTING LAWS RELATED TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; AMENDING SECTIONS 37-3-401 AND 37-4-312, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Health care provider professional wellness program -- reporting -- nonliability -- evidentiary privilege -- definitions. (1) A person may not be obligated to report information regarding a health care provider to the provider's respective licensing board solely because the health care provider is a participant in a professional program. (2) A professional program and its agents are immune from civil liability for any act, decision, omission, or utterance done or made in performance of the professional program. An active participant in a professional program may not be employed or engaged by the professional program or have a financial ownership interest in the professional program. (3) (a) The proceedings, minutes, records, reports, analyses, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and deliberative process, including oral or written opinions and reports, of a professional program originating in or provided to the professional program are not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action unless a court of competent jurisdiction, after a hearing …
Sponsors
- McKamey, Wendy (R, 12) · 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
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
Votes
- Do Pass (April 18, 2025): 30 yea, 20 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 33 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 77 yea, 22 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 83 yea, 15 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 30 yea, 20 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 28 yea, 21 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Services, Professions and Occupations Generally
Common questions
- What is SB497?
- SB497 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide laws related to healthcare provider burnout.
- What does SB497 do?
- In its own words: An act addressing career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; providing civil immunity for members of or health care professional consultants to certain entities addressing career fatigue and wellness in health care providers; revising mandatory and permissive reporting laws related to certain health care providers; amending sections 37-3-401 and 37-4-312, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB497?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB497?
- McKamey, Wendy (R, 12).
- Where is the official record for SB497?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2096
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