HB 565 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Require health insurance companies doing business in Montana to cover IVF treatment

House Bill 565, also known as the "Building Families Act," would have required certain health insurance policies in Montana to cover the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including in vitro fertilization (IVF). This mandate would have applied to small group, large group, and individual health insurance policies issued or renewed in the state. The bill defined infertility based on factors like age and time trying to conceive, or a physician's findings. It set a lifetime coverage minimum of at least $40,000 for fertilization services and aimed to ensure fertility coverage was not subject to different limitations than other medical benefits.
Bill status died 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC1388.pdf HB0565_1.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 1388 to HB 565 and the list of sponsors was updated to reflect the current legislative session. The substantive text of the bill, which mandates infertility insurance coverage, remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1388 to HB 565, and the list of sponsors was updated to include current legislators.

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

4255
Failed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic42
41 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican58
1 Yea 55 Nay 2
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 6, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (42-55-3)
house
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ed Stafman
Ed Stafman
DDemocratic
MT
59