Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB867: Revise labor laws relating to the medical assistance program
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to the medical assistance program; establishing a medical assistance program for licensees under the board of chiropractors and the board of veterinary medicine; establishing a fee to fund the program; and amending sections 37-1-131, 37-2-202, 37-2-316, and 37-12-201, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR LICENSEES UNDER THE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTORS AND THE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE; ESTABLISHING A FEE TO FUND THE PROGRAM; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 37-1-131, 37-2-202, 37-2-316, AND 37-12-201, MCA. Section 1. Rehabilitation. (1) The board shall establish a medical assistance program to assist licensees who are found to be physically or mentally impaired by habitual intemperance or the excessive use of addictive drugs, alcohol, or any other drug or substance or by mental illness or chronic physical illness. The program must provide for assistance to licensees in seeking treatment for mental illness or substance abuse and monitor their efforts toward rehabilitation. (2) The board shall ensure that a licensee who is required or volunteers to participate in the medical assistance program as a condition of continued licensure or reinstatement of licensure must be allowed to enroll in a qualified medical assistance program within this state and may not require a licensee to enroll in a qualified treatment program outside the state unless the board finds that there is no qualified treatment program in this state. (3) For the purposes of funding this medical assistance program, the board shall adjust the renewal fee to be commensurate with the cost of the program. Section 2. Section 37-1-131, …
Sponsors
- Oblander, Greg (R, 38) · primary sponsor
- Gillespie, Bruce "Butch" (R, 9)
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 22, 2025): 29 yea, 21 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 27 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 5, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 3, 2025): 96 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Revenue, State, Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is HB867?
- HB867 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise labor laws relating to the medical assistance program.
- What does HB867 do?
- In its own words: An act revising laws related to the medical assistance program; establishing a medical assistance program for licensees under the board of chiropractors and the board of veterinary medicine; establishing a fee to fund the program; and amending sections 37-1-131, 37-2-202, 37-2-316, and 37-12-201, mca.
- What is the status of HB867?
- Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB867?
- Oblander, Greg (R, 38), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB867?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2420
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