Bills Signed into Law by Governor: HB 37 - Clarify requirements for the Medicaid medically needy program HB 38 - Establish legislative intent for home and community-based services waivers SB 33 - Require 30-day notice before termination of participation in HCBS waiver program SB 43 - Require administrative rulemaking for substantive changes to HCBS programs HB 211 - Provide compensation and assistance for secondary victims HB 598 - Generally revise disability parking laws HB 155 - Revise laws related to reimbursement for certain Medicaid services HB 176 - Close late voter registration on noon the day before the election SB 15 - Revise election laws related to accessibility for disabled electors HB 574 - Revise laws related to reporting on out-of-state placement of certain children HB 275 - Establish uses of medicaid waiver funds HB 341 - Require that medicaid appropriations be used only for medicaid expenditures SB 159 - Personal Income Tax Relief Act Passed by Legislature and Transmitted to Governor: Youth HB 57 - Revise requirements related to CPS placements in congregate care HB 282 - Revise labor laws relating to the employment of minors HB 283 - Revise workers' compensation laws relating to student interns HB 462 - Revise driver license laws for foster children Criminal Justice SB 220 - Revise assault on a peace officer laws SB 344 - Allow for adult inmates at Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility HB 92 - Establish compensation program for wrongfully convicted individuals HB 244 - Revise death penalty laws related to lethal injection SB 220 - Revise assault on a peace officer laws Child and Family Services Division/Ombudsman HB 39 - Provide for continued interim review of child protective services matters HB 398 - Allow legislators to review child and family ombudsman records HB 426 - Revise laws regarding interactions between DPHHS and child and family ombudsman HB 459 - Provide for certification of CPS workers with direct contact with children HB 625 - Revise laws relating to the child and family ombudsman HB 57 - Revise requirements related to CPS placements in congregate care Education SB 18 - Establish graduation requirements for educationally-disrupted youth SB 109 - Revise laws related to gifted and talented education HB 46 - Revise special education funding HB 233 - Revise funding for students with disabilities Budget HB 2 - General Appropriations Act HB 632 - Implement receipt of and appropriate federal stimulus and COVID recovery funds HB 497 - Establish interim budget committees Discrimination/Accommodations HB 291 - Requiring coverage of amplification devices, services for kids with hearing loss HB 328 - Provide guidelines for assessing language development in deaf children HB 598 - Generally revise disability parking laws HB 112 - Require interscholastic athletes to participate under sex assigned at birth Psychiatric Services HB 276 -Put peer support specialists on the board of behavioral health HB 295 - Allow licensed clinical social workers and therapists to treat chronic pain HB 701 - Generally revise marijuana laws HB 686 - Implement provisions of HB2, Section B - HHS HB 276 - Put peer support specialists on the board of behavioral health Developmental Disabilities Services HB 691 - Community crisis for people who have developmental disabilities Guardianship HB 480 - Revise order of protection laws regarding incapacitated persons Non-Profits SB 278 - Generally revise civil liability law Study bills HJ 4 - Study criminal proceedings and commitment of people with mental illness HJ 35 - Interim study of the children's mental health system HJ 39 - Interim study of involuntary commitment of people with Alzheimer's or dementia SJ 26 - Interim study of the women's prison HJ 44 - Interim study of the foster care system HJ 31 - Interim study of criminal-justice system data in Montana SJ 14 - Interim study of the Montana mental health system Bills Probably Dead: Medicaid Services SB 186 - Revising definition of services related to public procurement contracts SB 100 - Provide for the welfare fraud prevention act Discrimination/Accommodations HB 427 - Provide for youth health protection SB 111 - Revising laws re conditional hunting permits for disabled persons Education HB 16 - Allow 3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities in ANB calculations HB 329 - Establish the Students with Special Needs Equal Opportunity Act Budget HB 447 - Generally revising laws related to legislative oversight of administrative rules HB 457 - Delay implementation of recreational marijuana laws SB 182 - Generally revise laws on state finance, reducing tax rate if conditions met SB 181 - Corporate Tax Modernization Act SB 323 - Generally revise Montana Administrative Procedure Act Developmental Disabilities Services HB 687 - Create mortality review commission for people with developmental disabilities Youth Discrimination/Accommodations HB 113 - Provide for youth health protection HB 216 - Allow Medicaid reimbursement for license outdoor behavioral programs SB 282 - Assert right of parent to direct child healthcare SB 16 - Allow minors to consent to emergency shelter and services HB 369 - Support school-based prevention programs Voting HB 406 - Revise absentee and mail ballot laws HB 613 - Generally revise laws related to tribal voting HB 643 - Allowing a disabled voter to electronically return a ballot HB 455 - Generally revise election laws related to absentee ballots Criminal Justice HB 335 - Repeal death penalty HB 377 - Revise criminal penalties for certain threats of violence HB 565 - Generally revise assault laws HB 603 - Provide for Montana Innocence Inquiry Commission SB 361 - Generally revise laws to establish certificate of rehabilitation HB 244 - Revise death penalty laws related to lethal injection SB 353 - Require probation /parole officers to inform re: restoration of rights Guardianship SB 32 - Revise monitoring requirements for guardians of adults |