--- type: "Bill" title: "Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates" description: "Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 473" citation: "Montana HB 473 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health Care Services"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jane Gillette"] version_count: 15 action_count: 43 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-22T20:58:21+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T16:22:12+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b1016eb-4f9e-4775-a4c6-ca7595f13b7d" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1891?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "897f9b689103841d5d8b8dced62474b75779ae8b3ffc54676c53dd8847f9420a" 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 473 (2025) — Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0473_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282054) 2. **HB0473_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288751) 3. **HB0473_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300647) 4. **HB0473_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310002) 5. **HB0473_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310004) 6. **HB0473_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281615) 7. **HB0473_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316981) 8. **HB0473_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320552) 9. **HB0473_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321529) 10. **HB0473_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321530) 11. **HB0473_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321531) 12. **HB0473_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324673) 13. **HB0473_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326388) 14. **HB0473_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311087) 15. **LC1891.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271802) ## Votes - Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jane Gillette — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-22T20:58:21+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-03T18:38:39+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2024-12-03T18:47:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-01-10T01:34:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-11T21:38:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-15T19:40:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-16T15:01:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-16T23:24:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-17T14:56:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-12T19:16:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-12T21:36:51+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-12T21:41:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-13T18:05:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee` - **2025-02-13T19:41:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-17T23:48:11+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services - **2025-02-19T21:13:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-19T21:49:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-20T16:25:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-22T00:32:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage` - **2025-02-22T00:32:24+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage` - **2025-02-22T16:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage` - **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-25T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-26T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-26T22:42:42+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-27T20:45:26+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-04T00:56:08+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee` - **2025-03-20T17:57:57+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-03-28T23:31:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-03-31T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-04-11T22:28:24+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-12T16:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-14T18:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-14T18:06:58+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-15T07:09:08+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-23T22:30:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-24T17:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-05T16:22:12+00:00** 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/4b1016eb-4f9e-4775-a4c6-ca7595f13b7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).