House bill NO. 862
INTRODUCED
BY M. Hopkins
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ABORTION; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Prohibited uses of public funds. Public funds or money may not be expended for an abortion. The limitations contained in this section do not apply to an abortion:
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
(2) in the case in which a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
Section 2. Appropriation. There is appropriated $1,000 from the general fund to the department of public health and human services for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, for the purpose of updating written materials related to [section 1].
Section 3. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 17, and the provisions of Title 17 apply to [section 1].
Section 4. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2023.