Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB473: Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act allowing medicare fee schedules issued by the centers for medicare and medicaid services to be adopted by rule by the department of public health and human services; providing for adoption of medicare fee schedules issued by the centers for medicare and medicaid services; providing for automatic incorporation of updated medicare fee schedules; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 2-4-302, 2-4-305, 2-4-306, 2-4-307, and 53-6-113, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ALLOWING MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULES ISSUED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES TO BE ADOPTED BY RULE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULES ISSUED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC INCORPORATION OF UPDATED MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULES; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTIONS 2-4-302, 2-4-305, 2-4-306, 2-4-307, AND 53-6-113, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 2-4-302, MCA, is amended to read: "2-4-302. Notice, hearing, and submission of views. (1) (a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, the agency shall give written notice of its proposed action. The proposal notice must include a statement of either the terms or substance of the intended action or a description of the subjects and issues involved, the reasonable necessity for the proposed action, and the time when, place where, and manner in which interested persons may present their views on the proposed action. The reasonable necessity must be written in plain, easily understood language. (b) The agency shall state in the proposal notice the date on which and the manner in which contact was made with the primary sponsor as required in subsection (2)(e). If the notification to the primary sponsor was given by mail, the date stated in the …
Sponsors
- Gillette, Jane (R, 77) · primary sponsor
- Kerr-Carpenter, Emma (D, 23)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 14, 2025): 46 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 26, 2025): 100 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 25, 2025): 100 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is HB473?
- HB473 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates.
- What does HB473 do?
- In its own words: An act allowing medicare fee schedules issued by the centers for medicare and medicaid services to be adopted by rule by the department of public health and human services; providing for adoption of medicare fee schedules issued by the centers for medicare and medicaid services; providing for automatic incorporation of updated medicare fee schedules; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 2-4-302, 2-4-305, 2-4-306, 2-4-307, and 53-6-113, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB473?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB473?
- Gillette, Jane (R, 77), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB473?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1891
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