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type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify requirements for the Medicaid medically needy program"
description: "Clarify requirements for the Medicaid medically needy program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Montana HB 37 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Welch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-31"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55bdaf4-aac6-46e3-ad1c-f35ed1cdfb58"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=37&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "1d16adceedeef6de9f6cb0cbf253be1246007c5a35b51b6d3f1f65b89f8721fd"
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 37 (2021) — Clarify requirements for the Medicaid medically needy program
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0037_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0037_1.pdf)
2. **HB0037_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0037_2.pdf)
3. **HB0037_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0037_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0037.pdf)
## Votes
- BE CONCURRED IN — **90** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **1000** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **490** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tom Welch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-31** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-03** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Human Services `reading-1`
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-02-08** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-16** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-17** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-15** 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
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** 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/b55bdaf4-aac6-46e3-ad1c-f35ed1cdfb58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).