Committee: State-Tribal Relations Committee
Author: Hope Stockwell
Posted on April 30, 2018
The State-Tribal Relations Committee travels to Fort Belknap and Great Falls May 8-10 to meet with tribal leaders, learn about how horse work helps prevent youth suicide, and visit nursing apprenticeship and language preservation programs. The committee will also consider several potential legislative proposals.
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Committee: Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee
Author: Megan Moore
Posted on April 24, 2018
The Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee will hold its next meeting on May 2-3 in Room 137 of the Capitol, beginning at 10 a.m. on May 2 and at 8:30 a.m. on May 3.
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Committee: Special Select Committee on State Settlement Accountability
Author: Rachel Weiss
Posted on March 21, 2018
In late March, Speaker Austin Knudsen and President Scott Sales appointed a Special Select Committee on State Settlement Accountability. The committee will conduct an organizational meeting via teleconference starting at 1 p.m. on April 25. A tentative agenda and initial meeting materials are now available.
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Committee: Economic Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Pat Murdo
Posted on April 18, 2018
The Economic Affairs Interim Committee of the Montana Legislature will meet April 26 on issues ranging from liquor law changes to studies on unemployment and emergency care. On April 27 the members will convene as a subcommittee to hear options for restructuring Montana’s workers’ compensation system. Both meetings will be in Room 137 of the state Capitol.
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Committee: Legislative Audit Committee
Author: Angus Maciver
Posted on April 16, 2018
The Legislative Audit Committee (LAC) will meet Thursday April 19 and Friday April 20, 2018, in room 137 of the State Capitol. The Legislative Audit Committee ensures accountability for the disposition and use of public funds, and the efficient and effective management of state government programs.
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Author: Hope Stockwell
Posted on April 16, 2018
Rep. Sharon Stewart-Peregoy (D-Crow Agency) is the new chair of the State-Tribal Relations Committee. House Speaker Austin Knudsen appointed Stewart-Peregoy to the committee recently after Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy (D-Box Elder) resigned due to work-related commitments.
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Committee: Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee
Author: Sue O'Connell
Posted on April 6, 2018
A legislative committee decided last month to focus its study of services for adults with developmental disabilities on crisis services, direct-care worker wages, and the way in which services are reimbursed.
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Committee: Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee
Author: Sue O'Connell
Posted on April 5, 2018
The subcommittee looking at transparency in health care pricing finished its work on March 21 by suggesting that state policymakers allow existing efforts in this area to evolve on their own. Members noted that the health care landscape is changing in ways that could make any efforts undertaken now obsolete within a few years.
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Committee: Environmental Quality Council
Author: Joe Kolman
Posted on April 4, 2018
The Environmental Quality Council is looking to revise a little-known law that governs bird hunting dog training and field trials.
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Committee: Education Interim Committee
Author: Pad McCracken
Posted on April 3, 2018
The Education Interim Committee met in Helena on March 22-23 and determined to dive more deeply into several issues as the conclusion of the 2017-2018 Interim approaches. Those issues include special education funding and state financial aid programs for higher education.
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