Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB884: Establish a behavioral health trust fund
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act creating the montana behavioral health trust fund and related structure; establishing a behavioral health trust fund board and membership requirements; creating the montana behavioral health trust special revenue account; providing for a quarterly transfer of interest into the state special revenue account; providing a statutory appropriation; establishing reporting requirements; providing rulemaking authority; establishing eligible uses of funds; providing for fund transfers; amending section 17-7-502, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT CREATING THE MONTANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRUST FUND AND RELATED STRUCTURE; ESTABLISHING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRUST FUND BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS; CREATING THE MONTANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRUST SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR A QUARTERLY TRANSFER OF INTEREST INTO THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; PROVIDING A STATUTORY APPROPRIATION; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; ESTABLISHING ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR FUND TRANSFERS; AMENDING SECTION 17-7-502, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Montana behavioral trust fund board. (1) There is a Montana behavioral health trust fund board consisting of seven members appointed as follows: (a) three members appointed by the governor, two of which must be employees of the department of public health and human services. One must be an employee of the behavioral health division, and one must be employed in the office of the American Indian health director. (b) one member appointed by the president of the senate; (c) one member appointed by the senate minority leader; (d) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and (e) one member appointed by the house minority leader. (2) A member's term is 3 years. Initial appointments may specify a shorter length of the initial …