Title 2, Title 2

(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 2-18-719 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 2-18…

(1) To initiate a dispute resolution procedure under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720, 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 if …

(1) The insurance commissioner shall: (a) approve any independent reviewer that is eligible to adjudicate disputes under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720; (b) maintain a list of independent reviewers eligible to adjudicate disputes under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720; (c) terminate approval…

The purpose of this part is to establish a program under which the state may provide state employees with adequate group hospitalization, health, medical, disability, life, and other related group benefits in an efficient manner and at an affordable cost.

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Advisory council" means the state employee group benefits advisory council provided for in 2-15-1016. (2) "Department" means the department of administration provided for in 2-15-1001. (3) "Flexible spending account" mea…

(1) The department shall meet and consult with the advisory council before negotiating, contracting, or otherwise modifying state employee group benefit plans. (2) The advisory council shall meet quarterly to review the existing state employee group benefit plans, to review claim…

The department shall: (1) adopt rules for the conduct of its business under this part and to carry out the purposes of this part; (2) negotiate and administer contracts for state employee group benefit plans for a period not to exceed 10 years; (3) design state employee group ben…

The department may establish alternatives to conventional insurance for providing state employee group benefits. The requirements for providing alternatives to conventional insurance are as follows: (1) The department shall maintain state employee group benefit plans on an actuar…

The department may combine existing state employee groups into larger groups for the purpose of establishing state employee group benefit plans on behalf of the combined groups. The department may also combine state employees into a single group for purposes of state employee gro…

The department shall include the costs of administering and negotiating state employee group benefit plans established under this part, as well as the costs of hiring necessary consultants, actuaries, and auditors under this part, as part of the cost for state employee group bene…

(1) The board of regents of higher education may transfer its authority for providing group benefits for employees of the Montana university system to the department. (2) Upon transfer of the board of regents' authority as provided in (1) of this section, group benefit plans for …

The state employee group benefit plans established under this part, whether established on a self-funded basis or not, must be audited every 2 years. The audit must cover the 2-year period since the last audit and be conducted by or at the direction of the legislative auditor.

A legislator who is involuntarily terminated from performing service in either house of the legislature because of term limits is entitled to remain covered by the state's group health insurance plan and to the continuation of the employer's contributions to the employee's group …

A disability insurance policy subject to this chapter may contain a provision providing that, to the extent necessary for reimbursement of benefits paid to or on behalf of the insured, the insurer is entitled to subrogation, as provided for in 2-18-902, against a judgment or reco…

(1) If an insured intends to institute an action for damages against a third party, the insured shall give the insurer reasonable notice of the intention to institute the action. (2) The insured may request that the insurer pay a proportionate share of the reasonable costs of the…

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Department" means the department of administration created in 2-15-1001. (2) "State agency" means any state office, board, bureau, commission, department, or agency but does not include any agency operated by a city, tow…

Unless otherwise provided by law, the following procedures apply whenever a state agency is terminated by operation of law, is abolished by executive or legislative action, ceases to function, or otherwise becomes defunct: (1) The department becomes the receiver of all real and p…

As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Artificial intelligence system" means a machine learning-based system that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs the system receives how to genera…

A government entity or state officer may not use an artificial intelligence system: (1) for the cognitive behavioral manipulation of a person or group; (2) to classify a person or group based on behavior, socioeconomic status, or personal characteristics resulting in unlawful dis…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2): (a) if a government entity or state officer publishes material produced by an artificial intelligence system that is not reviewed by a human in an appropriate responsible position, the material must be accompanied by a disclosure that the…

If an artificial intelligence system produces a recommendation or decision for a government entity or state officer that could impact the rights, duties, or privileges and immunities of a person, the recommendation or decision must be reviewed and is subject to rejection or modif…