Bachmeier: Regrets voting for Windy Boy's health care bill

Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, said Friday he regrets voting for a bill sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, that would set up training for people providing health care on Indian reservations.

“I voted for the bill and I, with all due respect to Jonathan, regret voting for the bill, and I have come to oppose the bill,” Bachmeier said from Helena during a legislative teleconference in Havre.

House Bill 599 would create a two-year training for people providing medical assistance, medical care, home health care services, private-duty nursing services, dental services, physi...