Title 53, Title 53

The department shall establish and administer an employment and training program for food stamp recipients that is in compliance with federal requirements.

In accordance with waivers of federal law that are granted by the food and consumer service of the U.S. department of agriculture, the department may by rule establish special income and resource exclusions to be applied to participants of the FAIM project in determining their el…

(1) Except as provided in 53-2-211, personal information provided to or obtained by the department for the purposes of this chapter is confidential. (2) Except as provided in 53-2-211 or as authorized by law, disclosure of confidential information concerning applicants for indige…

(1) The legislature finds that in order to use the limited resources of the state for the purposes of providing public assistance to persons whom it has determined are in need, certain programs must be eliminated and the provision of public assistance programs must be reorganized…

(1) A county may provide a program of indigent assistance that it determines necessary. The program may include assistance for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and medical assistance for individuals not eligible for state or federal programs providing similar assistance. …

(Temporary) Short title. This part may be cited as the "Children's Health Insurance Program Act". (Terminates on occurrence of contingency--sec. 15, Ch. 571, L. 1999.)

(Temporary) Purpose -- definition. (1) The purpose of this part is to create a program to provide health care to children who are not eligible for health care services under the Montana medicaid program. These health care services may be provided by the payment for health care th…

(Temporary) Establishment and administration of program. The department of public health and human services may establish, administer, and monitor a program to provide health care to uninsured children. The department may not use money appropriated for this program to expand elig…

(Temporary) Eligibility for program -- rulemaking. (1) To be considered eligible for the program, a child: (a) must be 18 years of age or younger; (b) must have a combined family income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level or at a lower level determined by the department…

(Temporary) Benefits provided. (1) Benefits provided to participants in the program may include but are not limited to: (a) inpatient and outpatient hospital services; (b) physician, physician assistant, and advanced practice registered nurse services; (c) laboratory and x-ray se…

(Temporary) Department may contract for services. (1) The department of public health and human services may administer the program directly or contract with insurance companies or other entities to provide services for a set monthly or yearly fee based on the number of participa…

(Temporary) Participant cost sharing. The department of public health and human services may charge fees to participants in the program. The fees may include: (1) monthly or yearly enrollment fees; (2) minimum charges to be incurred or spent before benefits are paid; (3) cost sha…

(Temporary) Department to adopt rules -- review by interim committee. (1) The department of public health and human services shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of the program, including rules governing the application process, termination, and confidentiality. (2)…

(Temporary) Sharing of information. The department of public health and human services, health care providers, insurance companies, and other entities may share only health care information, medical records, income, and other participant eligibility information for the purposes o…

(Temporary) Tobacco settlement funds to general fund. Unless deposited into the trust fund, provided for in 17-6-603, or a state special revenue account, provided for in 17-6-606, funds received from the tobacco settlement must be deposited in the general fund. Any funds appropri…

(Temporary) State special revenue account. (1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the state children's health insurance program administered by the department of public health and human services. Any interest or income derived from the account …

This part may be cited as the "Healthy Montana Kids Plan Act".

The purposes of this part are to: (1) create the healthy Montana kids plan, which offers health coverage to uninsured children by increasing eligibility for the children's health insurance program and the Montana medicaid program and by helping families cover their children under…

For purposes of part 10 and this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Comprehensive" means health insurance having benefits at least as extensive as those provided under the children's health insurance program. (2) "Department" means the department of public health and hum…

(1) There is a healthy Montana kids plan that provides comprehensive health coverage to uninsured children who are residents of the state. (2) The plan includes and coordinates access to health coverage for enrollees in the children's health insurance program and the Montana medi…

(1) The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this part, including plan administration, plan enrollment, outreach efforts, and standards of performance to allow enrollment partners to assist in enrolling children in the plan or other health coverage plans administer…

The department may: (1) provide premium assistance to families who have access to one or more employer-sponsored comprehensive group health insurance plans in order to provide coverage for eligible children. The premium assistance may not exceed the cost of coverage for that chil…

The department shall request any necessary state plan amendments or waivers of federal requirements in order to allow receipt of the maximum available federal funds to facilitate implementation of this part, subject to appropriation of necessary matching state funds.

An otherwise applicable eligibility resource test provided for in 53-6-113(6) and 53-6-131(9) does not apply to plan applicants.

(1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department for the purposes provided in subsection (2). There must be paid into the account the amounts collected under 33-2-708(3)(b). Any interest or income derived from the account must be deposited…

As used in part 6 and this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Approved educational program" means: (a) a program in a unit of the Montana university system, as provided in 20-25-201, a community college, a tribal college, or any other accredited college in Montana in whi…

(1) It is required that the state plan and programs described in the state plan must be in effect in each county of the state. (2) It is not required that the programs funded under temporary assistance for needy families be uniformly administered in each county of the state, prov…

(1) There is a Montana parents as scholars program administered by the department. (2) The department shall: (a) use state maintenance of effort funds or temporary assistance for needy families funds in a program to provide assistance to eligible households for the purpose of con…

(1) As used in this section, "Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe that has a federally recognized governing body carrying out substantial governmental duties and powers over any area. (2) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. 612, …

(1) The department is authorized and is charged with the general administration and supervision of programs funded under the temporary assistance for needy families block grant under the powers, duties, and functions as prescribed in chapter 2 of this title. (2) The state of Mont…

(1) The department shall adopt rules and take action as necessary or desirable for the administration of public assistance programs. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the department shall adopt rules that may include but are not limited to rules concerning: (a) eligibility requireme…

All rules of the department made under this part are binding upon the local offices of public assistance.

The department shall have printed and shall distribute copies of this part to all local offices of public assistance and shall prescribe the form of and print and supply to the local office of public assistance blanks of applications, reports, and other forms that may be necessar…

The department shall cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to assistance to dependent children, including the adoption of such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the efficient operation of t…

The department is responsible for the local administration and supervision of programs funded under the temporary assistance for needy families block grant.

The local office of public assistance shall administer the provisions of this part in the respective counties subject to the rules prescribed by the department of public health and human services pursuant to the provisions of this part.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) through (6), assistance may be granted under this part to: (a) a dependent child; (b) a specified caretaker relative or relatives, including but not limited to the natural or adoptive parents of a dependent child who: (i) enters in…

Application for assistance under this part must be made to the department. The application must be made by the relative with whom the child is living or will live. One application may be made for several children of the same family if they reside with the same person. All individ…

(1) Upon receiving an application for assistance under this part, the department shall promptly make an eligibility determination and notify the applicant in writing of the eligibility decision. (2) Each applicant shall participate in any screening required by the department and …

Notwithstanding the provisions of 40-6-217, in the administration of this part the department may consider the income and resources of stepparents and other individuals who reside in the home as resources and income available to the household.

The amount of cash assistance or nonfinancial assistance granted in any case must be determined according to the rules and standards of assistance established by the department.

All assistance grants made under this part must be reconsidered as frequently as may be required by the rules of the department of public health and human services.

In lieu of guardianship proceedings, payments may be made in behalf of the child or children to another person found by the department to be interested in or concerned with the welfare of the needy child or children in accordance with the rules established by the department.

When federal law or regulations require, any amount received by an enrolled member of a recognized Indian tribe as per capita payments or a share in the profits and receipts from tribal lands and interests or tribal enterprises may not be used to decrease the amount of assistance…

(1) A payment of public assistance money made to or for the benefit of a dependent child creates a debt due and owing to the department by the natural or adoptive parents who are legally responsible for the support of the child by statute or court decree in an amount equal to the…

(1) For those families receiving monthly grants of temporary assistance for needy families, an amount equal to the amount of current child support collected on behalf of the family for the current month, not including arrearages, up to $100 for each family, must be disregarded in…