Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton Montana
#MTPol #MTLeg
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/check-for-ticks
Montana Connections · Check for ticks
Recent searches
Search options
#mtpol
47 posts7 participants4 posts today
Montanans:
SUPPORT HB 399: Revise prior authorization laws
Waiting to be scheduled on 2nd Reading
These bills rein in insurance companies denying medications prescribed to patients by their doctors. HB 399 prohibits prior authorization for insulin and asthma medication and requires that a list of reasonable therapeutic alternatives are provided when adverse determinations are made.
Montanans:
SUPPORT HB 848: Provide funding for regional rail authorities
Waiting to be seen on House floor
HB 848 would invest resources to help expand passenger rail in Montana, particularly on the southern tier connecting our most populous cities.
Montanans:
SUPPORT HB 885: Generally revise Medicaid laws to improve customer service
Hearing: Tuesday, April 1 | 3pm | House Human Services, Rm 152
This bill would improve Medicaid access for people using mobile devices, require more meaningful notice, provide estimated wait time and call back options, and reopen offices of public assistance.
Montanans:
OPPOSE HB 723: Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive
Hearing: Friday, April 4 | 8am | Senate Judiciary
HB 723 will establish a reporting requirement to have medical facilities report information on infants born alive. If medical facilities fail to report they can be fined up to $500 and $500 for every 30 days they do not report.
Montana Legislature - · Participate - Montana LegislaturePublic Participation Although in-person testimony is the most effective way to participate in a legislative committee hearing, the Legislature understands that not everyone can participate in person. For this reason, the Legislature offers a variety of ways for the public to participate in the Legislative process.Written Comment(s)The Public Participation icon above allows anyone to sign
Montanans:
OPPOSE HB 690: Generally revise laws related to child protection
Hearing: Wednesday, April 2 | 8am | Senate Judiciary
HB 690 would disallow transgender children claims to abuse if their parents are raising them according to their biological sex.
Montana Legislature - · Participate - Montana LegislaturePublic Participation Although in-person testimony is the most effective way to participate in a legislative committee hearing, the Legislature understands that not everyone can participate in person. For this reason, the Legislature offers a variety of ways for the public to participate in the Legislative process.Written Comment(s)The Public Participation icon above allows anyone to sign
Montanans:
Support HB 601 (SJ Howell, D, Missoula): Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid – Passed out of Senate Public Health
#MTPol #MTLeg
legmt.gov/participate
Participate - Montana Legislat...
Bluesky SocialBluesky
Montanans: Support HB 601 (SJ Howell, D, Missoula): Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid – Passed out of Senate Public Health
This bill requires DPHHS to create an online portal allowing community organizations to better assist individuals enrolling in or recertifying for Medicaid coverage.
Montana Legislature - · Participate - Montana LegislaturePublic Participation Although in-person testimony is the most effective way to participate in a legislative committee hearing, the Legislature understands that not everyone can participate in person. For this reason, the Legislature offers a variety of ways for the public to participate in the Legislative process.Written Comment(s)The Public Participation icon above allows anyone to sign
Montanans:
Support HB 885 (SJ Howell, D, Missoula): Generally revise Medicaid laws to improve customer service
Hearing: Tuesday, 4/1 in House Human Services at 3 PM
This bill enhances customer service within the Montana Medicaid program by requiring DPHHS improve the helpline call system, ensure that all written application materials are in plain language, reopen local offices of public assistance, and other key changes.
Montana Legislature - · Participate - Montana LegislaturePublic Participation Although in-person testimony is the most effective way to participate in a legislative committee hearing, the Legislature understands that not everyone can participate in person. For this reason, the Legislature offers a variety of ways for the public to participate in the Legislative process.Written Comment(s)The Public Participation icon above allows anyone to sign
Montanans:
Oppose HB 927 (Lukas Schubert, R, Kalispell): Generally revise laws related to illegal aliens
Hearing: Thursday, 4/3 in House Judiciary at 8 AM
This bill would require healthcare providers, teachers, social workers, childcare facilities, members of clergy, organizations with DPHHS contracts, and others to report knowledge of undocumented people to the Montana Department of Justice.
Montana Legislature - · Participate - Montana LegislaturePublic Participation Although in-person testimony is the most effective way to participate in a legislative committee hearing, the Legislature understands that not everyone can participate in person. For this reason, the Legislature offers a variety of ways for the public to participate in the Legislative process.Written Comment(s)The Public Participation icon above allows anyone to sign
Montanans:Oppose HB 896 (Lukas Schubert, R, Kalispell): Prohibit harboring or assisting illegal aliens
Hearing: Tuesday, 4/1 in House Judiciary at 8:00 AM
This bill would define undocumented immigrants as "offenders" and could criminalize those who offer support, aid, or shelter as providing "harbor" – including family members, faith leaders, advocates, and service providers.
Montanans:
Support HB 740: Revise laws relating to pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, and other entities
Hearing (S) Judiciary 04/01/2025 08 am, Room 303
Small Pharmacies Behind Bill to Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/montana-independent-pharmacies-survival-legislation-pbm-reimbursement/
KFF Health NewsMontana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill To Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers - KFF Health NewsA bill designed to force PBMs to pay higher fees to independent drugstores sailed through the state House, but lobbyists are marshaling their forces to kill the measure in the Senate.
Montanans:
Oppose HB 896: Prohibit harboring or assisting illegal aliens
Hearing (H) Judiciary 04/01/2025 08:00 am, Room 137
Immigrants would be classified as offenders if they:
1) Entered the United States in violation of law and have not been inspected by the federal government since entry; or
2) Have not complied with the conditions of the person's immigration status, set at the time of the person's entry into the United States
Montanans:
Oppose HB 927: Generally revise laws related to illegal aliens
Referred to House Judiciary Committee, hearing tomorrow morning, April 1st
Would require mandatory reporting of immigration status to the Department of Justice by professionals and officials, who, as a result of information they receive in their professional or official capacity, know that an individual is not lawfully present in the United States
Montana Legislature - · Participate - Montana LegislaturePublic Participation Although in-person testimony is the most effective way to participate in a legislative committee hearing, the Legislature understands that not everyone can participate in person. For this reason, the Legislature offers a variety of ways for the public to participate in the Legislative process.Written Comment(s)The Public Participation icon above allows anyone to sign
Montanans:
Oppose HB 658 (Rep. Jedediah Hinkle, R-Belgrade) - Diminishing Local Board of Health Sanitation Powers
Senate Local Government on 4/2/2025 at 3:00 pm in Room 405
This bill seeks to remove the ability of a municipality or county water/sewer district with a centralized system to condition new development connections in a manner more stringent than state standards.
Montana
Oppose HB 736 (Rep Steve Fitzpatrick R-Great Falls) Allowing Nutrient Pollution Offsets
Senate Natural Resources today 3/31/2025 at 3 pm in Room 303
This bill seeks to introduce "offsets" criteria for wastewater effluent limits, allowing a super-charged version of nutrient credit trading. In the most basic sense, the bill would allow a credit to be generated for a new discharge permit when a reduction of nutrient pollution occurs at another place in a watershed.
Montanans:
Oppose HB 685 (Rep. Steve Fitzpatrick, R-Great Falls) - Repeal Nondegradation Analysis
Hearing: Senate Natural Resources on 3/31/2025 at 3:00 pm in Room 303
This bill would repeal the "Nondegradation Analysis" to a "Feasibility Allowance," allowing DEQ to determine new "feasibility" parameters that would permit lower water quality standards and allow more pollution to our waterways.
Montanans:
Oppose HB 664 (Rep. Bill Mercer, R-Billings) - Repeal Science-Based Numeric Nutrient Criteria
Hearing: Senate Natural Resources today, 3/31/2025 at 3 pm in Room 303
This bill seeks to eliminate numeric nutrient criteria, water quality standards designed to protect against nitrogen and phosphorus, two of the most prevalent pollutants in waterways.
Montanans:
OPPOSE SB 336: Revise laws related to short-term rentals
House Local Government, Rm 472
Thursday, April 3 at 3 pm
This bill would declare short-term rentals as a residential use of property rather than commercial and only allow local governments to restrict through zoning.