---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing requirements related to mental health services for birth mothers"
description: "Establishing requirements related to mental health services for birth mothers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Montana HB 208 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jane Gillette"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-15"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747cdc60-0561-4c44-aea7-276815320007"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=208&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "b0a0b0da32f2a916163e1e89d3929ccf3b23a747efc5ddfb26158dfdcdafb2b9"
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 208 (2021) — Establishing requirements related to mental health services for birth mothers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0208_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0208_1.pdf)
2. **HB0208_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0208_2.pdf)
3. **HB0208_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0208_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0208.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **69–31** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jane Gillette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-18** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-02-02** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Returned to House
- **2021-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-01** Signed by President
- **2021-04-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/747cdc60-0561-4c44-aea7-276815320007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).