Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates

This bill amends Montana's administrative rulemaking laws to allow the Department of Public Health and Human Services to automatically adopt Medicare fee schedules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services without requiring new legislation for each update. The key provision establishes a process where updated Medicare fee schedules are incorporated by rule, streamlining how healthcare payment rates are adjusted in the state. The bill also modifies existing notice requirements to ensure legislators and interested parties are informed about proposed rule changes, particularly when monetary amounts affecting fees or benefits are involved. These changes apply to the state's administrative agencies responsible for implementing federal Medicare regulations and affect healthcare providers and payers who rely on these fee schedules.