Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB574: Authorizing implementation of the certified community behavioral health clinic model
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act authorizing implementation of the certified community behavioral health clinic model; establishing duties of the department of public health and human services; establishing requirements and performance measures for certified community behavioral health clinic services; establishing reporting requirements; directing the department to develop an incentive program for certified community behavioral health clinics that demonstrate exceptional outcomes; providing rulemaking authority; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC MODEL; ESTABLISHING DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Certified community behavioral health clinics -- department duties -- reporting requirement. (1) Subject to available funding, the department shall establish a program no later than October 1, 2026, for the implementation of certified community behavioral health clinics that meet the requirements of Public Law 113-93 and related federal regulations and guidance. (2) In determining the reimbursement rate for a certified community behavioral health clinic under the healthy Montana kids plan provided for under Title 53, chapter 4, part 11, and the medical assistance program provided for in Title 53, chapter 6, the department shall: (a) establish and execute clear criteria of the costs that are allowed and disallowed in the development of the encounter rate to be paid to a certified community behavioral health clinic under a prospective payment system; (b) establish and execute a detailed plan for analyzing cost reports submitted by providers seeking to become certified community behavioral health clinics to …