All Roll Calls
Yes: 283 • No: 114
MontanaSB 49769th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)Senate
Provide laws related to healthcare provider burnout
Sponsored By: Wendy McKamey (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Health Care ServicesProfessions and Occupations Generally
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Privacy and legal shields for wellness programs
The law makes wellness program records and talks private and normally not usable in civil court. A judge can review them in private only when they are not available elsewhere and the need is extraordinary. In licensing cases, a hearing officer can allow use only when public safety and health outweigh privacy. People in the program cannot be forced to testify about facts on a specific patient learned through the program. Programs and their consultants are immune from civil lawsuits for acts done as part of the program. Programs can share information with each other without losing these protections.
Who is covered and which programs qualify
The law lists who counts as a health care provider, including doctors, PAs, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, behavioral health professionals, and students in these fields. It names the covered boards: medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, and behavioral health. It defines which wellness programs qualify: they must focus on career fatigue and wellness, be set up or contracted by a statewide provider association, and be tax‑exempt under 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6). These rules decide who gets the law’s protections and limits.
Participants cannot work for or own program
If you are an active participant in a qualifying wellness program, you cannot be employed by that program. You also cannot hold an ownership interest in it. This ban applies while you are an active participant and prevents conflicts of interest.
Provider enrollment stays private; safety still reported
No one must report a provider to a licensing board just because the provider joins a wellness program. Reporting for incompetence, impairment, danger, or unprofessional conduct still applies under the law. Those reports must follow the new program confidentiality rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Wendy McKamey
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Mike Yakawich
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/18/2025
Do Pass
Yes: 30 • No: 20
Senate vote • 4/17/2025
Do Pass
Yes: 34 • No: 16
House vote • 4/11/2025
Do Concur
Yes: 77 • No: 22
House vote • 4/10/2025
Do Concur
Yes: 84 • No: 15
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Do Pass
Yes: 30 • No: 20
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Do Pass
Yes: 28 • No: 21
Actions Timeline
Chapter Number Assigned
5/16/2025SenateSigned by Governor
5/13/2025SenateTransmitted to Governor
5/5/2025SenateSigned by Speaker
5/5/2025HouseSigned by President
4/29/2025SenateReturned from Enrolling
4/24/2025SenateSent to Enrolling
4/22/2025Senate3rd Reading House Amendments
4/18/2025Senate2nd Reading House Amendments
4/17/2025SenateReturned to Senate with Amendments
4/11/2025House3rd Reading
4/11/2025House2nd Reading
4/10/2025HouseCommittee Report
3/29/2025HouseCommittee Executive Action
3/28/2025HouseHearing
3/17/2025House1st Reading
3/17/2025HouseReferred to Committee
3/17/2025HouseTransmitted to House
3/7/2025Senate3rd Reading
3/6/2025Senate2nd Reading
3/6/2025SenateCommittee Report
3/4/2025SenateCommittee Executive Action
3/4/2025SenateHearing
2/28/2025SenateReferred to Committee
2/26/2025Senate1st Reading
2/26/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
4/22/2025
As Amended (Version 2)
3/29/2025
Introduced
2/25/2025