---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow emergency care providers to offer community health care"
description: "Allow emergency care providers to offer community health care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Montana SB 38 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and Disaster Services", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret (Margie) MacDonald"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfa8ad12-93a8-4416-9ab2-7cd3392de456"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=38&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d7e877cbc33793257f25083dfca09da8dffe5f8db3658fbff3bada4893c89130"
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 38 (2019) — Allow emergency care providers to offer community health care

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0038_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0038_1.pdf)
2. **SB0038_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0038_2.pdf)
3. **SB0038_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0038_3.pdf)
4. **SB0038_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0038_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **72–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Margaret (Margie) MacDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-31** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-16** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-28** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-29** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-12** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-16** Hearing
- **2019-01-28** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-02-20** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-17** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfa8ad12-93a8-4416-9ab2-7cd3392de456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).