MontanaHB 34169th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

Revise laws relating to brain injuries

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More funding for brain injury help

The health department can use the brain injury account for education, prevention, recovery supports, and the advisory council. This helps people with traumatic brain injuries, including service members, and their families. For the two-year period starting July 1, 2025, the law provides $600,000 from this account to fund these activities.

Donations routed to health accounts

County treasurers or agents must send each registration donation to the right state account: organ and tissue donations to the labor department’s organ donation account, cancer screening donations to the cancer screening account, and brain injury donations to the brain injury account. The cancer screening account gets money from vehicle registration donations, other gifts and donations, and any interest it earns. The health department must use the cancer screening account for cancer screening efforts.

Automatic $1 brain injury donation at registration

When you register a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, a $1 donation to the brain injury fund is added unless you opt out. You can decline it during registration. The county treasurer or agent must post at least one 8½ x 11 inch notice that explains the automatic $1 charge and how to opt out. The same notice text goes in mail renewal notices so you see the opt-out option at home.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Ed Buttrey
Republican • House

Cosponsors

Russ Tempel
Republican • Senate
Wendy McKamey
Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 286 • No: 14

Senate vote • 4/15/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 44 • No: 6

Senate vote • 4/10/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 42 • No: 8

House vote • 2/26/2025

Do Pass

Yes: 100 • No: 0

House vote • 2/22/2025