---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to health care providers"
description: "Revise laws related to health care providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "Montana HB 495 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 63
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2caa41d-0307-421a-85c1-5cfd56ed15af"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=495&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f90f7c1af6c6ab11a0c93ff3619c63b262ff41c18bd21810b958ac2304f13ec7"
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 495 (2021) — Revise laws related to health care providers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0495_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0495_1.pdf)
2. **HB0495_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0495_2.pdf)
3. **HB0495_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0495_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0495.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Take HB 495 from Comm-Molnar — **21–29** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass — **63–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Caferro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-02-04** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-17** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-26** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-31** Tabled in Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-13** Motion Failed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-14** Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** 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/d2caa41d-0307-421a-85c1-5cfd56ed15af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).