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HB 884 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Establish a behavioral health trust fund

HB 884 sought to establish the Montana Behavioral Health Trust Fund and an oversight board to support behavioral health services statewide. It would have created a permanent endowment, with only the interest generated from it being transferred quarterly into a special revenue account. This account would fund grants for various eligible purposes, including mental health programs in public schools, expanding crisis care services, and providing support for individuals experiencing homelessness. A newly formed seven-member board would have been responsible for administering the fund, determining grant priorities, and monitoring the effectiveness of funded services.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesCreates trust fund using interest to fund mental health programs via state finance appropriations, aligning with funding essential services under budget management.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareCreates behavioral health trust fund to fund mental health programs, school services, and crisis care via dedicated interest revenue, directly advancing healthcare access.95% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 26, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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LC1975.pdf → HB0884_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 1975 to HB 884.1 and the sponsor was updated to S. Howell. The text was converted from a committee version to an authorized print version. A minor formatting change was made to subsection (g), converting the list references to lowercase and adding the word 'the' before 'board' for grammatical consistency.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1975 to HB 884.1, and the sponsor was updated to S. Howell.

The document header was updated to reflect the authorized print version of HB 884.

Subsection (g) was edited to change 'OTHER' to 'other' and 'SUBSECTIONS (2)(A) THROUGH (2)(F)' to 'subsections (2)(a) through (2)(f)', and added 'the' before 'board' to improve grammar and consistency.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Apr 2, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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S.J. Howell
DDemocratic
MT
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