republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen qualified provider pool statute for children's mental health services"
description: "Strengthen qualified provider pool statute for children's mental health services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Montana HB 116 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jane Gillette"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-07-26T19:59:34+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:58:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3fe6b26-fb5a-45b2-b1c2-c5d6785e80f4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0157"
source_hash: "f361a4810c2c21c373cf714579ba78dcd62c2746717f533f66c187652a17ebf2"
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 116 (2023) — Strengthen qualified provider pool statute for children's mental health services

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0116.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3544)
2. **HB0116.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3545)
3. **HB0116_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3548)
4. **HB0116_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3546)
5. **HB0116_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3547)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jane Gillette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:58:37+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T15:28:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:20:37+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:19:36+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-01T00:37:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-31T19:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T21:36:10+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-24T21:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T21:15:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-20T19:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-17T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-10T16:12:00+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T20:31:33+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23T17:38:39+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:33:42+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-20T21:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T21:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T23:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T22:00:19+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:09:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-21T16:30:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T23:47:10+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-13T19:40:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-01T18:32:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-10-31T15:44:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-10-28T18:50:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-10-28T18:50:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-09-02T16:53:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-09-01T16:07:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-09-01T14:28:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-08-30T17:47:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-30T15:12:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-07-26T19:59:34+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3fe6b26-fb5a-45b2-b1c2-c5d6785e80f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).