Title 20, Title 20

The board of regents may establish minimum motorcycle safety training standards, including instruction, courses, and instructor certification for conducting training authorized by 20-25-1006. The standards must be based upon national standards promulgated by the motorcycle safety…

(1) The board of regents may prescribe tuition rates for the motorcycle safety training courses. The tuition collected must be deposited in the state motorcycle safety account, as provided in 20-25-1002. (2) The board of regents may delegate authority to a unit of the university …

The Montana university system shall instruct all individuals on equal terms.

(1) The state has the exclusive right to the name "the Montana university system". (2) No other institution of learning or corporation may use the name "the Montana university system" or similar name. (3) The attorney general shall bring an action in the name of the state against…

On behalf of the state, the regents may accept all gifts or grants of any kind for the use of any of the units of the university system. Gifts or grants subject to specific provisions shall be accepted and used subject to the terms of the gift or grant.

(1) To supplement the broad conservation program in the elementary and secondary schools, the units of the university system shall make available to all students in teacher preparatory courses basic instruction in conservation education. (2) The units at Bozeman and Missoula shal…

(1) No person, corporation, association, or institution shall issue any degree or such similar literary honors as are usually granted by universities or colleges without the prior approval of the regents of the adequacy of the course of study. (2) This section does not apply to a…

(1) The units of the system are authorized, singly or in cooperation, to engage in research and development programs with the prior approval of the regents. (2) Such programs may be conducted by any department of a unit or any organization established to assist the unit. A unit o…

(1) A Montana university system employee who, as part of the employee's authorized work for the university system, conceives, creates, discovers, invents, or develops intellectual property may: (a) if approved by the board of regents, own or be awarded equity interest or particip…

(1) The entity that transfers title to a construction project constructed as part of a public education program shall disclose the fact that the construction project was constructed as part of a public education program on at least one document, form, or application executed prio…

The purpose of this part is to establish the structure by which the Montana university system may develop group benefits plans for employees of the Montana university system and their dependents and to clarify that the plan design and employee premium levels are not mandatory sub…

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Advisory committee" means the Montana university system interunit benefits advisory committee established in 2-15-1530. (2) "Group benefits" means group hospitalization, health, medical, surgical, disability, life, and o…

(1) The commissioner shall: (a) design group benefits plans and establish premium levels for employees; (b) establish specifications for bids and accept or reject bids for administering group benefits plans; (c) negotiate and administer contracts for group benefits plans; (d) pre…

(1) The commissioner shall consult with the advisory committee before modifying Montana university system group benefits plans or before adjusting employee premium levels. (2) The advisory committee shall meet at least semiannually to: (a) review the existing employee group benef…

(1) The commissioner may establish alternative plans to conventional insurance for providing Montana university system employee group benefits. In developing an alternative plan, the commissioner shall: (a) maintain an alternative group benefits plan on an actuarially sound basis…

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) air ambulance services provide a necessary, and sometimes lifesaving, means of transporting Montanans experiencing health emergencies; (b) Montanans desire adequate access to air ambulance services; (c) in many cases the high charges assessed b…

(1) If a covered person receives services from a non-Montana hospital-controlled out-of-network air ambulance service for an emergency medical condition, an insurer or health plan shall assume the covered person's responsibility, if any, for amounts charged in excess of allowed a…

An out-of-network nonhospital-controlled air ambulance service must disclose by July 1 of each year any relationships or financial arrangements with health care providers, insurers, or health plans. This includes but is not limited to employment arrangements, ownership interests,…

(1) If an insurer or health plan and air ambulance service enter into dispute resolution, the procedure in 20-25-1319 is to be used to determine the fair market price of the services that are the subject of the claim. (2) Payment of the fair market price calculated pursuant to 20…

(1) To initiate a dispute resolution procedure under 20-25-1315 through 20-25-1320, the parties shall file a written notice of dispute with the insurance commissioner. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), within 30 days after the date of receipt of the notice of dispute, and…

(1) The insurance commissioner shall: (a) approve any independent reviewer that is eligible to adjudicate disputes under 20-25-1315 through 20-25-1320; (b) maintain a list of independent reviewers eligible to adjudicate disputes under 20-25-1315 through 20-25-1320; (c) terminate …

The purpose of this part is to establish the structure by which the Montana university system may develop a self-insured student health plan, to work in conjunction with available campus student health services for enrolled students of the Montana university system and their depe…

(1) The commissioner may establish a self-insured student health plan for enrolled students of the system and their dependents, including students of a community college district. In developing a self-insured student health plan, the commissioner shall: (a) maintain the plan on a…

The commissioner may, subject to the approval of the board of regents, finance the initial costs to establish the plan established pursuant to 20-25-1401 by using any of the following methods: (1) authorizing a long-term loan of university funds. The loan must bear interest at a …

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) (a) "Materially and substantially disrupt" means conduct by a person who acts purposely or knowingly to: (i) significantly hinder the expressive activity of another person or group; (ii) prevent the communication of an ex…

Expressive activity protected under the provisions of this part includes but is not limited to any lawful oral, written, audiovisual, or electronic means by which individuals may communicate ideas to one another, including all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, speeches, guest…

(1) An outdoor area of campus of a public postsecondary institution is a public forum. A public postsecondary institution may not create a free speech zone or other designated outdoor areas of campus outside of which expressive activity is prohibited. (2) A public postsecondary i…

(1) A public postsecondary institution shall permit a person to engage freely in noncommercial expressive activity on campus, subject to the provisions of 20-25-1503, as long as the person's expressive activity: (a) is not unlawful; or (b) does not materially and substantially di…

(1) A public postsecondary institution shall adopt policies to implement the provisions of this part. The policies must address students' expectations and provide appropriate regulations regarding free expression and expressive activities on campus consistent with this part. (2) …

(1) A public postsecondary institution may prepare a report to identify a course of action to be taken by the institution to implement the requirements of this part. (2) If a public postsecondary institution prepares a report pursuant to this section: (a) the report must be revis…

(1) A person or student organization who is aggrieved by a violation of this part may bring an action against a public postsecondary institution and any employees acting in their official capacities who were responsible for the violation and may seek appropriate relief, including…

An action brought for a violation of this part must be commenced within 1 year after the day the cause of action accrues. For the purposes of this section, each date that a violation of this part persists or a policy that violates this part is in effect constitutes a continuing v…

The Montana university system is composed of the following units, each designated by its legal name: (1) The university of Montana, with campuses at the following locations: (a) Missoula; (b) Butte; (c) Dillon; and (d) Helena. (2) Montana state university, with campuses located a…

(1) The university of Montana-Missoula shall have for its purpose instruction in all the departments of science, in literature, in the arts, and in industrial and professional education. (2) A law school is established at the university of Montana-Missoula. (3) A forestry school …

(1) The departments of the university are: (a) a preparatory department, which may be dissolved as the regents deem wise, containing courses designed to prepare a student for the regular department; (b) a department of literature, science, and the arts, offering courses which sha…

(1) There is a bureau of government research at the university of Montana-Missoula. The purpose of the bureau is to facilitate research and publication in the area of state and local government and to maintain a liaison between political scientists and government officials throug…

(1) Montana technological university has for its purpose instruction and education in chemistry, metallurgy, mineralogy, geology, mining, milling, engineering, mathematics, mechanics and drawing, and the laws of the United States and Montana relating to mining. (2) A department d…

The bureau of mines and geology shall: (1) compile and publish statistics relative to Montana geology, mining, milling, and metallurgy; (2) collect: (a) typical geological and mineral specimens; (b) samples of products; (c) photographs, models, and drawings of appliances used in …

The director and assistants of the bureau of mines and geology shall: (1) take an oath to perform all required services; (2) guard all confidential information accumulated in their work; (3) refrain from pecuniary speculation or remunerative private work based upon knowledge of a…

(1) The land-grant university for the state of Montana, designated as "Montana state university-Bozeman", is established at Bozeman under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862. (2) Montana state university-Bozeman shall be a comprehensive institution carrying out programs of …

(1) There is established at the state university at Bozeman and under its direction an agricultural experiment station, by virtue of the Hatch Act approved by congress on March 2, 1887. The provisions, donations, and benefits contained in that act and all acts supplementary there…

The director shall have the immediate direction, management, and control of the agricultural experiment station, subject to the general supervision, direction, and control of the regents and the president of the state university.

(1) The following agricultural research centers are established as a part of the agricultural experiment station: (a) the central agricultural research center, located near Moccasin; (b) the western agricultural research center, located near Corvallis; (c) the northern agricultur…

(1) In accordance with the provisions of the Morrill Act of July 2, 1862, the regents shall make available for the purchase of sites or experimental farms from any funds deposited in the Montana permanent fund credited to the state university through provisions of the Morrill Lan…

(1) (a) The state of Montana assents to the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An Act to Provide for an Increased Annual Appropriation for Agricultural Experiment Stations and Regulating the Expenditure Thereof", approved March 16, 1906, and consents to receive the benefi…

(1) There is established as a part of the agricultural experiment station the Montana wool laboratory. (2) The purpose of the laboratory shall be the carrying on of effective scientific and practical research and testing work to develop as complete and accurate a knowledge of woo…