---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require coverage of habilitative services under the Healthy Montana Kids Plan"
description: "Require coverage of habilitative services under the Healthy Montana Kids Plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Montana SB 199 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Rule Making", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-08-25"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e1bfb97-4263-47ab-ab79-42e4eb9051e3"
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=LC0253&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "3bcd51aa18b4adda33665d765fc2d06e4f9af76fc0844e055cfb86e4484fa493"
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 SB 199 (2017) — Require coverage of habilitative services under the Healthy Montana Kids Plan

## 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/SB0199.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **78–22** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **91–9** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mary Caferro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-08-25** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-26** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-17** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-17** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-03** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-15** Hearing
- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing
- **2017-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-21** Hearing
- **2017-04-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e1bfb97-4263-47ab-ab79-42e4eb9051e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).