---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing access to behavioral health care"
description: "Increasing access to behavioral health care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Montana HB 95 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Pierson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-09-02"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63a27ad1-bcfb-4b32-9362-4aaa4aac6f32"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0284&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "550ea62a3b2a29e6c2f88c22c7379d582b6da8c74251d519f09b27cec2b0e7a8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 95 (2017) — Increasing access to behavioral health care

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0095.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD-001 Jacobson D/PASS — **93–7** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **71–29** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass As Amended — **73–27** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gordon Pierson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-09-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-25** Draft in Edit
- **2016-11-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-11-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-17** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-18** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-13** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-05** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-11** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-08** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-08** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-17** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-13** Returned to House
- **2017-03-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by President
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63a27ad1-bcfb-4b32-9362-4aaa4aac6f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).