Montana passes significant health policy changes in controversial session
The recently ended legislative session was marked by Medicaid reimbursement hikes, abortion restrictions, anti-LGBTQ+ statutes, behavioral health spending, and workforce and insurance measures
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Last updated 5/5/2023 at 12:01pm
Keely Larson/KFF Health News
Sine die: Members of the Montana House of Representatives applaud Tuesday as the Legislature ends its 68th session. The Legislature this year approved significant health policy changes and historic levels of health care spending.
Keely Larson
KFF Health News-UM Legislative News Service
Republican leaders' banishment of a transgender lawmaker from floor debates in the recently ended Montana legislative session seized the nation's attention. It also overshadowed significant health policy changes and historic levels of health care spending.
The session likely will be remembered for GOP leaders removing Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, one of two transgender representatives in the Capitol, from House floor debates. That the ban has distracted from approvals of unprecedented increases in Medicaid mental health and provide...
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