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INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________

By Request of the ****

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT DIRECTING THAT MEDICAID APPROPRIATIONS BE USED ONLY FOR MEDICAID EXPENDITURES; and providing an effective date."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Appropriations for medicaid expenditures. Appropriations in a general appropriations act for medicaid may be used only to pay for or administer medicaid services.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 53, chapter 6, part 1, and the provisions of Title 53, chapter 6, part 1, apply to [section 1].

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2021.