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type: "Bill"
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title: "Provide process to hold patients harmless from balance billing by air ambulance"
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description: "Provide process to hold patients harmless from balance billing by air ambulance"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 44"
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citation: "Montana SB 44 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance", "Rule Making"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Vance"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 77
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2016-08-30"
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last_action: "2017-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8f924c-cac0-4e5f-8d2a-e54d4b237ad5"
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source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0379&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
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source_hash: "136d1b2fe3edfe1979c756df907133f61ab58a392a653ae10540f5b0f969ad54"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana SB 44 (2017) — Provide process to hold patients harmless from balance billing by air ambulance
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0044.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · legislature
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- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Do Concur — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
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- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
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- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- BE CONCURRED IN — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Gordon Vance — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-08-30** Draft Request Received
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- **2016-10-26** Fiscal Note Probable
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- **2016-10-26** Draft to Requester for Review
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- **2016-11-05** Draft in Legal Review
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- **2016-11-17** Draft in Edit
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- **2016-11-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
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- **2016-11-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2016-11-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2016-11-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
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- **2016-11-29** Executive Director Review
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- **2016-11-29** Draft in Assembly
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- **2016-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
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- **2016-12-12** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
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- **2016-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2016-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
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- **2016-12-13** Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
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- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2017-01-09** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
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- **2017-01-09** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2017-01-09** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2017-01-10** Hearing
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- **2017-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-06** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2017-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
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- **2017-02-09** Revised Fiscal Note Received
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- **2017-02-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2017-02-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2017-02-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-09** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Hearing
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- **2017-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
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- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2017-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
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- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Received
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- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
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- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2017-03-09** Hearing Canceled
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- **2017-03-23** Hearing
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- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
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- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
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- **2017-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2017-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
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- **2017-03-30** Revised Fiscal Note Received
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- **2017-03-31** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2017-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2017-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-03** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** Hearing
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- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
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- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
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- **2017-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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- **2017-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-04-05** Returned to Senate with Amendments
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- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
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- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
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- **2017-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
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- **2017-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
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- **2017-04-12** Signed by President
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- **2017-04-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-04-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-25** Chapter Number Assigned
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec8f924c-cac0-4e5f-8d2a-e54d4b237ad5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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