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type: "Bill"
title: "Allow licensed clinical social workers and therapists to treat chronic pain"
description: "Allow licensed clinical social workers and therapists to treat chronic pain"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 295"
citation: "Montana HB 295 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-21"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c0eaf83-e582-4ef9-8e79-9598dc5e3f5b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=295&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "6e2bd4af255497d1ac6fe6396cd3c8cca1434705f28a806d8c246941d66bd1e1"
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 295 (2021) — Allow licensed clinical social workers and therapists to treat chronic pain
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0295_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0295_1.pdf)
2. **HB0295_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0295_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0295.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **7525** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **472** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6931** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **191** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **482** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mary Caferro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-21** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-01** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-10** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-16** 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/6c0eaf83-e582-4ef9-8e79-9598dc5e3f5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).