Montana State Legislature

2015-16 Administrative Rules for CFHHS Review

The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Committee reviews administrative rules proposed by the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS).

The complete text for any of the proposed rules listed below, including any hearing information, may be accessed by visiting http://mtrules.org and entering the MAR Notice Number in the "Search by Notice No." field in the bottom right-hand corner of the page.

Additional information regarding rulemaking and the Legislature's role in the administrative rulemaking process may be accessed here.

Notice Date	MAR Notice No.	Agency	Subject	Staff Memo/ Other Documents
9/21/2016	37-770	DPHHS	Amending Medicaid eyeglass services, requirements, restrictions, and reimbursements
9/21/2016	37-769	DPHHS	Amending annual training requirements for child care facilities
8/31/2016	37-767	DPHHS	Reimbursement of targeted case management for youth with serious emotional disturbance
8/19/2016	37-763	DPHHS	Integrated co-occuring treatment requirements
8/5/2016	37-766	DPHHS	Removing dental orthodontia service lifteme limits in Medicaid dental services	August 2016 Memo
8/5/2016	37-762	DPHHS	Child care assistance provided through the Best Beginnings child care scholarships	August 2016 Memo
8/5/2016	37-758	DPHHS	Reimbursement of services for people receiving develomental disabilities services funded by Medicaid	August 2016 Memo
7/22/16	37-765	DPHHS	Medicaid primary care services	August 2016 Memo
7/8/16	37-756	DPHHS	Hearing and appeal procedures concerning the Children's Mental Health Bureau	August 2016 Memo
7/8/16	37-755	DPHHS	Comprehensive School and Community Treatment Program	August 2016 Memo
7/8/16	37-749	DPHHS	Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program	August 2016 Memo
6/17/16	37-759	DPHHS	Updating poverty guidelines for specialized telecommunications equipment loan eligibility	August 2016 Memo
6/17/16	37-757	DPHHS	Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement	August 2016 Memo
6/3/16	37-754	DPHHS	Trauma Care Committee and Sight Review Team Makeup	June 2016 Memo
5/20/16	37-753	DPHHS	Creating the Montana Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program	June 2016 Memo
4/29/16	37-751	DPHHS	Revising the Children's Mental Health Bureau Medicaid Services Policy Manual	June 2016 Memo August 2016 Memo
4/29/16	37-747	DPHHS	Revising hospice reimbursement rates	June 2016 Memo
4/22/16	37-750	DPHHS	Amending rules relating to hospitals, rural health clinics, and federally qualified health centers	April 2016 Memo
4/22/16	37-748	DPHHS	Revising the nursing facility reimbursement rate and updating terminology	April 2016 Memo
4/22/16	37-746	DPHHS	Changing Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement	April 2016 Memo
4/22/16	37-745	DPHHS	Revising fee schedules for Medicaid provider rates	June 2016 Memo April 2016 Memo
4/22/16	37-744	DPHHS	Eliminating the Children's Special Health Services Financial Assistance Program	April 2016 Memo
3/4/2016	37-741	DPHHS	Increasing certain fees for certified copies of vital records	April 2016 Memo
3/4/2016	37-739	DPHHS	Adding 10 inpatient beds for critical access hospitals	April 2016 Memo
12/10/2015	37-738	DPHHS	Reducing the application and renewal fees for the Montana Marijuana Act cardholder registry	February 2016 Memo
3/4/2016	37-737	DPHHS	Revising Medicaid program treatment limits, cost-share requirements, and coverage	April 2016 Memo
12/10/2015	37-735	DPHHS	Updating the effective dates of direct care and ancillary services workers' additional payments/reporting	December 2015 Memo
11/12/2015	37-734	DPHHS	Matching Big Sky Rx Maximum Premiums to the Federal Monthly Benefit Benchmarks	December 2015 Memo
11/12/2015	37-733	DPHHS	Updating the Hospice Reimbursement Fee Schedules to Reflect New Federal Rates	December 2015 Memo
10/29/2015	37-732	DPHHS	Establishing an Annual Payment Limit for Medicaid Dental Services	November 2015 Memo
10/29/2015	37-731	DPHHS	Implementing the Medicaid Rate as the Reimbursement Rate for Individuals in the Care or Custody of the Department of Corrections or DPHHS	November 2015 Memo
10/29/2015	37-730	DPHHS	Implementing the Montana Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act	November 2015 Memo
10/29/2015	37-729	DPHHS	Relating to Healthy Montana Kids/CHIP Dental Benefits and Evidence of Coverage	November 2015 Memo
10/29/2015	37-728	DPHHS	Establishing Effective Dates for Montana Medicaid Provider Fee Schedules	Objection Letter November 2015 Memo December 2015 Memo
10/14/2015	37-727	DPHHS	Updating the Physician-Related Services Provider Manual	November 2015 Memo
10/14/2015	37-725	DPHHS	Adding Lactation Services to Medicaid Outpatient Hospital Services	November 2015 Memo
10/14/2015	37-722	DPHHS	Implementing Policy Changes to the Child Care and Development Block Grant	November 2015 Memo
10/14/2015	37-698	DPHHS	Amending the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Heating Seasons	November 2015 Memo
9/24/2015	37-726	DPHHS	Establishing a forensic mental health facility endorsement to a licensed mental health center	November 2015 Memo
9/24/2015	37-724	DPHHS	Compliance to ICD-10-CM	November 2015 Memo
8/27/2015	37-723	DPHHS	Establishing rules for short-term voluntary inpatient mental health treatment	September 2015 Memo
8/13/2015	37-721	DPHHS	Updating federal poverty guidelines for Children's Special Health Services	September 2015 Memo
8/13/2015	37-720	DPHHS	Revising exceptions for Passport to Health Program referrals	September 2015 Memo
7/30/2015	37-719	DPHHS	Revising authorization requirements for children's Medicaid mental health services	September 2015 Memo
7/30/2015	37-718	DPHHS	Updating adult and children's mental health fee schedules	September 2015 Memo
7/30/2015	37-717	DPHHS	Pertaining to production and sale of cottage foods	September 2015 Memo
7/30/2015	37-716	DPHHS	Amending immunization rules related to schools	September 2015 Memo
7/30/2015	37-715	DPHHS	Revising provider participation, program requirements, and reimbursement procedures for psychiatric residential treatment facilities	September 2015 Memo
7/16/2015	37-714	DPHHS	Updating vital records to reflect current practices	September 2015 Memo
7/16/2015	37-712	DPHHS	Updating annual poverty guidelines for Montana Telecommunications Access Program	September 2015 Memo
6/25/2015	37-713	DPHHS	Pertaining to non-Medicaid respite care services for youth with serious emotional disturbance	September 2015 Memo
5/14/2015	37-711	DPHHS	Laboratory fees for analysis and newborn screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease	September 2015 Memo
5/14/2015	37-710	DPHHS	Increasing reimbursement rates/clarifying language in Developmental Disabilities Program Manual	September 2015 Memo
4/30/2015	37-709	DPHHS	Pertaining to Medicaid transportation, personal per diem, and ambulance services	September 2015 Memo
4/30/2015	37-708	DPHHS	Updating the Healthy Montana Kids evidence of coverage document	September 2015 Memo
5/14/2015	37-707	DPHHS	Nursing facility reimbursement	September 2015 Memo
4/30/2015	37-706	DPHHS	Pertaining to federally qualified health centers and rural health centers	September 2015 Memo
5/14/2015	37-705	DPHHS	Revising fee schedules for Medicaid provider rates	September 2015 Memo