Eliminate termination date of community health aide program
This bill makes Montana's community health aide program permanent by removing its previously scheduled expiration date. It directs the Department of Public Health and Human Services to apply for Medicaid coverage for services provided by certified community health aides. The change directly affects community health aides and their patients, particularly in rural and tribal communities, ensuring continued access to essential healthcare services without future legislative renewal.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Signed Apr 4, 2025
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The bill text was updated to remove unnecessary line breaks and formatting artifacts, such as extra spaces and stray hyphens, while preserving the core legal language. These changes are purely technical and do not alter the bill's policy, scope, or legal effect.
TECHNICAL
Removed extra line breaks and stray hyphens from the header and repealer sections to clean up formatting.
Deleted a stray blank line between the effective date section and the end of the text.
Adjusted the spacing of the 'Authorized Print Version' and 'ENROLLED BILL' headers to align text correctly.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House Mar 21, 2025
How they voted
34–16
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 11, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 3, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 21, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (57-40-3)
house
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-16)
senate
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jonathan Windy Boy
DDemocratic
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