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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise definition of treating physician to include physician assistants without regard to proximity of other providers"
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description: "Revise definition of treating physician to include physician assistants without regard to proximity of other providers"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 143"
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citation: "Montana HB 143 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care Services", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Workers' Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jodee Etchart"]
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version_count: 17
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-11-29T16:20:21+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-17T18:04:12+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/540c33a9-8fd3-4d15-a758-ea7cbfc3be61"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2146?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "6789db0983a8377eb0888f2319c68ff59c6d0fcb96bdedb6de936866afb3c3a6"
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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 HB 143 (2025) — Revise definition of treating physician to include physician assistants without regard to proximity of other providers
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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. **HB0143_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270414)
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2. **HB0143_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274978)
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3. **HB0143_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275646)
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4. **HB0143_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276677)
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5. **HB0143_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295629)
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6. **HB0143_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300115)
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7. **HB0143_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270120)
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8. **HB0143_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300114)
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9. **HB0143_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316461)
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10. **HB0143_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316462)
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11. **HB0143_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316464)
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12. **HB0143_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317386)
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13. **HB0143_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320845)
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14. **HB0143_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324331)
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15. **HB0143_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326505)
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16. **HB0143_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310605)
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17. **LC2146.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269608)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jodee Etchart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-29T16:20:21+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-16T16:27:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2024-12-18T20:48:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2024-12-28T17:03:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2024-12-29T19:36:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2024-12-29T19:37:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-08T16:47:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-08T20:20:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-08T20:26:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-08T20:28:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-01-09T19:01:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-09T20:05:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-15T00:23:41+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-01-15T16:03:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-01-15T22:20:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-01-16T21:21:59+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-01-21T18:18:57+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-21T19:53:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-21T20:41:21+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-24T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-01-27T22:08:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-27T22:26:10+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-01-28T20:55:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13T16:55:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03T21:05:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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- **2025-03-19T22:35:54+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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- **2025-03-20T21:42:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-26T19:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27T21:05:25+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-03-28T18:38:36+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16T13:14:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-17T18:04:12+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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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/540c33a9-8fd3-4d15-a758-ea7cbfc3be61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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