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The Montana health department is sending nearly $3 million to local detention centers for addiction and recovery treatment. These grants are a part of the state’s new funding program to address behavioral health services.
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Montana is one of the latest states to suggest many nonprofit hospitals aren't giving back enough in charitable contributions to the community to justify their tax-exempt status.
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Millions of dollars of grant funding are flowing into Montana to help health officials and tribes expand treatment for those addicted to opioids and stimulants.
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Early indicators have state public health officials bracing for what could be a significant influenza season, prompting them to urge Montanans to get their flu shot in the coming weeks.
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The state health department says it intends to comply with a court order requiring the agency to reinstate a process that allows transgender Montanans to amend their birth certificates. The state previously defied the order. Judge Michael Moses released a written order Monday calling the state’s reasoning for its previous noncompliance “demonstrably ridiculous.”
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Montana’s top health official says he’s concerned about the process for how Medicaid recipients receive coverage for abortions.
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A district court judge has ordered the state health department to rescind a rule that bars transgender residents from amending the gender marker their birth certificates. The health department is defying that order.
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Health officials estimate the state will lose $25 million if the state hospital doesn’t receive federal certification within the next two years.
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State health officials say that Montanans on Medicaid will now have increased access to substance-use-disorder treatment after the federal government waived a restriction on what types of facilities can provide care for Medicaid patients.
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The emergency rule, enacted in May, bars transgender residents from amending the gender markers on their birth certificates unless they have medically transitioned. About 100 people Thursday spoke in opposition.