HB 689 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Provide for pricing transparency requirements for hospitals

HB 689 aimed to increase pricing transparency for hospitals. It required hospitals to publish a comprehensive list of all their standard charges for medical items and services, including gross charges, negotiated rates with third-party payors, and discounted cash prices. This information was to be made available on hospital websites in both machine-readable and consumer-friendly formats. The bill also included provisions for reporting to state departments, prohibiting debt collection by non-compliant hospitals, and allowing for enforcement actions.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC3419.pdf → HB0689_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was formally renumbered from LC 3419 to HB 689 and updated to reflect its status as an authorized print version. A new requirement was added to list the deidentified minimum negotiated charge, enhancing transparency in hospital pricing disclosures.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on hospital pricing transparency, but the specific data points required for disclosure have expanded.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement to disclose the deidentified minimum negotiated charge alongside existing pricing metrics.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill number from LC 3419 to HB 689 and changed the header to indicate an authorized print version.

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 28, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Human Services

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors