Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB516: Update licensing requirements for facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services
Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising laws related to facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services; revising definitions; providing a definition for substance use disorder treatment facility; updating licensure requirements for community homes for persons with severe disabilities and for persons with developmental disabilities; and amending sections 7-34-2201, 33-36-103, 50-5-101, 50-5-201, 50-5-203, 50-5-204, 50-5-207, 50-5-226, 50-6-401, 50-20-901, 52-2-736, 52-2-806, 52-4-203, 53-6-101, 53-20302, and 53-20-305, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO FACILITIES LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; REVISING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING A DEFINITION FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FACILITY; UPDATING LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY HOMES FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES AND FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 7-34-2201, 33-36-103, 50-5-101, 50-5-201, 50-5-203, 50-5-204, 50-5-207, 50-5-226, 50-6-401, 50-20-901, 52-2-736, 52-2-806, 52-4-203, 53-6-101, 53-20302, AND 53-20-305, MCA. Section 1. Section 7-34-2201, MCA, is amended to read: "7-34-2201. Erection and management of county health care facilities -- definition -- provision of health care services. (1) The board of county commissioners has jurisdiction and power, under the limitations and restrictions prescribed by law, to erect, furnish, equip, expand, improve, and maintain health care facilities and to provide health care services in those facilities as permitted by law. (2) The board of county commissioners of a county that has or may acquire title to a site and building or buildings suitable for county health care purposes has jurisdiction and power, under the limitations and restrictions prescribed by law, to erect, furnish, equip, expand, improve, maintain, and operate the building or buildings for health care purposes as provided by this section. (3) As used in parts 21 and 23 through 25 and this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term "health care …