---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for the direct patient care safe harbor act"
description: "Provide for the direct patient care safe harbor act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Montana SB 101 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cary Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-11"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca52f10c-4eeb-44e8-9c94-b6577b14a7da"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=101&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "b692d1eb796545c2c132725a2810436a591bb51a0e8be3c689614729aff34efd"
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 101 (2021) — Provide for the direct patient care safe harbor act

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0101_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0101_2.pdf)
2. **SB0101_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0101_3.pdf)
3. **SB0101_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0101_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0101.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–34** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cary Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-11** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-04** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-01-20** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** 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/ca52f10c-4eeb-44e8-9c94-b6577b14a7da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).