Establish a nurse health corps

This bill creates the Montana Nurse Corps program to provide home health care visits to eligible individuals, including Medicare and Medicaid patients, those on state medical assistance, and uninsured people with family income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. Licensed nurses in good standing can join the program by submitting information about their clinical services and locations, offering outpatient care at affordable rates of $10 per visit that can be billed to Medicare or Medicaid. The legislation limits nurse liability to cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct, requires patients to be notified of this protection, and allows the state board to purchase optional malpractice insurance funded by a fee on all licensed nurses.