Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB835: Extend at-home infant care program
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act extending the at-home infant care program to years; providing an appropriation; amending section 52-2-710, mca; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT EXTENDING THE AT-HOME INFANT CARE PROGRAM TO YEARS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTION 52-2-710, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 52-2-710, MCA, is amended to read: "52-2-710. At-home infant care program -- definition. (1) There is an at-home infant care program for low-income families in which a parent provides full-time child care for the family's infant under 2 3 years of age that will be funded if a specific appropriation is added to the general appropriations act or by budget amendment if funds become available from federal or private sources. Subject to subsection (2), the family may receive a payment in lieu of child-care assistance if the family meets the following eligibility requirements: (a) The family is not receiving cash assistance under Title 53, chapter 4, parts 2 and 6. (b) The family has not previously received a total of 24 36 months of at-home infant care assistance under this section. (c) The family is at or below 150% of the federal poverty level. (d) The family has fulfilled the following work requirements for 1 out of the 3 months prior to entering the program: (i) 120 hours a month for two-parent families, which may be the contribution …
Sponsors
- Duram, Neil (R, 1) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Minors, Appropriations
Common questions
- What is HB835?
- HB835 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Extend at-home infant care program.
- What does HB835 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act extending the at-home infant care program to years; providing an appropriation; amending section 52-2-710, mca; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB835?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB835?
- Duram, Neil (R, 1).
- Where is the official record for HB835?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0754
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