# Montana HB 669: Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances Montana HB 669, Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by David Bedey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB669-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 669 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-22 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - K-12, Health - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (310 yes, 86 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Backup schooling when facilities do not teach: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, if a qualifying facility will not provide appropriate schooling or will not sign a contract, OPI must ensure schooling another way. OPI may provide the program itself and the child’s home district must reimburse OPI at the district’s daily share, or OPI may arrange for the d… - State and district pay for facility schooling: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) contracts with in-state treatment facilities to provide schooling for eligible children. OPI sets a per-child daily education rate based on documented school costs and excludes anything paid by insurance or other programs. The child’s h… - Montana kids get in-state treatment priority: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, in-state facilities that treat serious emotional disturbances must give Montana residents priority for inpatient treatment slots. This applies to children’s psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities, and therapeutic group homes. - OPI rules and funding to run program: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, OPI writes rules that explain how tuition is calculated, how funds are distributed, and who is responsible among facilities and schools. Money districts receive for these services goes into the miscellaneous programs fund and is not subject to the usual district budget caps.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 33 | 17 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 28 | 21 | | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Take HB 669 from Comm-Windy Boy | pass | 26 | 23 | | | 2025-04-16 | Senate | Take HB 669 from Comm-Windy Boy | fail | 25 | 25 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-28: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-23: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-23: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-22: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Take from Committee; Place on 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Taken from Table in Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Tabled in Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-14: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-05: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-01: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-28: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-24: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-22: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-22: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-24: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7aad7b49-4a07-4a2c-a13a-b4e490edec12) - Introduced, 2025-02-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2ac9aefa-3f0c-4ff8-912f-17831afd61cc) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7aad7b49-4a07-4a2c-a13a-b4e490edec12) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2ac9aefa-3f0c-4ff8-912f-17831afd61cc) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB669-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).