Week 9: General Bill Transmittal List

 
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General Bill Status at Transmittal Deadline

Transmitted to Governor:

HB 15 - Implement K-12 Inflation

SB 15 - Revise election laws related to accessibility for disabled electors

SB 31 - Require consideration of less restrictive options in guardianship proceedings

Bills Still Alive:

Medicaid Services

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

SB 100 - Provide for the welfare fraud prevention act

SB 186 - Revising definition of services related to public procurement contracts

Voting

HB 176 - Close late voter registration on noon the day before the election

HB 406 - Revise absentee and mail ballot laws

HB 613 - Generally revise laws related to tribal voting

Youth                  

HB 57 - Revise requirements related to CPS placements in congregate care

HB 211 - Provide compensation and assistance for secondary victims

HB 282 - Revise labor laws relating to the employment of minors

HB 283 - Revise workers' compensation laws relating to student interns

HB 369 - Support school-based prevention programs

HB 462 - Revise driver license laws for foster children

HB 574 - Revise laws related to reporting on out-of-state placement of certain children

SB 16 - Allow minors to consent to emergency shelter and services

Criminal Justice

HB 244 - Revise death penalty laws related to lethal injection

HB 583 - Generally revise criminal justice laws

SB 344 - Allow for adult inmates at Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility

SB 353 - Require probation/parole officers to inform re: restoration of rights

SB 361 - Generally revise laws to establish certificate of rehabilitation

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

Education

HB 46 - Revise special education funding

HB 233 - Revise funding for students with disabilities

HB 329 - Establish the Students with Special Needs Equal Opportunity Act

SB 18 - Establish graduation requirements for educationally-disrupted youth

SB 109 - Revise laws related to gifted and talented education

Budget

HB 155 - Revise laws related to reimbursement for certain Medicaid services

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

SB 181 - Corporate Tax Modernization Act

SB 182 - Generally revise laws on state finance, reducing tax rate if conditions met

SB 323 - Generally revise Montana Administrative Procedure Act

Study bills

HJ 4 - Study criminal proceedings and commitment of people with mental illness

Discrimination

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 427 - Provide for youth health protection

HB 598 - Generally revise disability parking laws

SB 111 - Revising laws re conditional hunting permits for disabled persons

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        

Guardianship                                   

HB 480 - Revise order of protection laws regarding incapacitated persons

Bills Probably Dead:

Education                                           

HB 16 - Allow 3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities in ANB calculations

Budget 

HB 447 - Generally revising laws related to legislative oversight of administrative rules

HB 457 - Delay implementation of recreational marijuana laws

HB 497 - Establish interim budget committees

Youth

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

Voting

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

Guardianship

SB 32 - Revise monitoring requirements for guardians of adults

 

How to Contact Legislators During the Session

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Stay Informed

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Do you have what you need to share your story or voice support of bills that impact the lives of Montanans with disabilities? Borrow equipment from MonTECH for 30-60 days so you'll be prepared to write, call, or testify.

MonTECH houses a wide range of equipment to help you get connected. Borrow iPads, adapted keyboards, hands-free mice, laptops, wearable speakers, headphones, webcams, voice amplifiers, or devices that allow hands-free video calls with motion tracking. Spotty or nonexistent internet? If you’re in range of a cellular tower, borrow a Jetpack Mobile Hotspot and connect up to 15 devices! MonTECH provides free shipping and return shipping anywhere in Montana, and serves any Montanan who has a disability (including learning disabilities). The program is easy to use and does not require medical verification of a disability to borrow this type of equipment. Call or write if you have questions or need help accessing our program: montech@mso.umt.edu, 1-877-243-5511. We look forward to helping ensure you are heard during the 2021 legislative session!

 
 

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Disability Rights Montana
Bernie Franks-Ongoy
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Advocate@DisabilityRightsMT.org

 

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