Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB526: Establish the community health aide provider education grant program
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing the community health aide provider education grant program; providing eligibility criteria; providing maximum grant amounts; providing recipient reporting requirements; requiring reports to the legislature; providing an allocation; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDE PROVIDER EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM; PROVIDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA; PROVIDING MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNTS; PROVIDING RECIPIENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; REQUIRING REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE; PROVIDING AN ALLOCATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." WHEREAS, there is a primary care crisis in Indian Country; and WHEREAS, American Indian and Alaska Native people in Montana have very limited access to health care services and are disproportionately affected by oral health care, primary health care, and behavioral health care disparities, which are directly attributed to a lack of health care professionals in Indian communities and have caused a serious access issue and backlog of many health care services for American Indian and Alaska Native citizens in Montana; and WHEREAS, the tribes of Montana successfully partnered to provide training and education for dental health aide practitioners who will go on to serve urban and rural American Indian populations with the specific purpose of improving population oral health through filling service gaps, community outreach, and offering culturally responsive care; and WHEREAS, tribal clinics are often the only dental clinic that accepts Medicaid-eligible patients in rural areas. Increasing provider capacity at tribal clinics will benefit the entire community. Even in instances where the tribe does not provide health care to nonbeneficiaries, increasing provider capacity at clinics serving Medicaid-eligible …
Sponsors
- Windy Boy, Jonathan (D, 16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Motion
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
Votes
- Take SB 526 from Comm-Windy Boy (March 5, 2025): 23 yea, 27 nay, failed
Subjects: Education - Technical and Trades, Indians, Health Care Services, Health, Colleges
Common questions
- What is SB526?
- SB526 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish the community health aide provider education grant program.
- What does SB526 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing the community health aide provider education grant program; providing eligibility criteria; providing maximum grant amounts; providing recipient reporting requirements; requiring reports to the legislature; providing an allocation; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of SB526?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB526?
- Windy Boy, Jonathan (D, 16).
- Where is the official record for SB526?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3862
Source: official Montana record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.