A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT generally revising health care laws; revising use of title x funds; extending the termination date of the statutory appropriation for TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING FUNDS; clarifying criteria for eligibility to RECEIVE funding; AMENDING SECTION 50-1-115, MCA; AMENDING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 291, LAWS OF 2015; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 50-1-115, MCA, is amended to read:
"50-1-115. (Temporary) Special revenue account -- statutory appropriation. (1) There is an account in the federal special revenue fund to the credit of the department. Money received by the state pursuant to Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300a, et seq., must be deposited into the account.
(2) The department shall use the money from the account to:
(a) make grants in accordance with federal law and regulations; and
(b) pay for grant-related administrative costs.
(3) To be eligible to receive a grant from this account, an organization may not perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning, or take any other affirmative action to assist a patient to secure an abortion.
(3)(4) Money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department for the purposes of subsection (2). (Terminates June 30, 2021 2029--sec. 6, Ch. 291, L. 2015.)"
Section 2. Section 6, Chapter 291, Laws of 2015, is amended to read:
"Section 6. Termination. [This
act] terminates June 30,2021 2029."
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.