Water Committee Focuses on Exempt Well Data

Committee: Water Policy Interim Committee
Author: Jason Mohr
Posted on February 23, 2018

The Water Policy Interim Committee will focus on data and policy ideas at its upcoming meeting on March 5 as it again discusses Montana’s groundwater exemption.

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Legislative Audit Committee to Review the State of Montana’s Financial Audit, Public Retirement Systems, the Board of Investments, and Issues Relating to Tax Increment Financing at the February Meeting

Committee: Legislative Audit Committee
Author: Angus Maciver
Posted on February 21, 2018

The Legislative Audit Committee (LAC) will meet Wednesday, February 28, 2018, in room 172 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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Health Care Price Transparency Panel Looks at Consumer Needs, Complexity of Price Information

Committee: Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee
Author: Sue O'Connell
Posted on February 21, 2018

A subcommittee of legislators and stakeholders looking at transparency in health care pricing focused in February on the types of price information that consumers want.

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Law and Justice Interim Committee Plays Catchup and Plans Travel

Committee: Law and Justice Interim Committee
Author: Rachel Weiss
Posted on February 16, 2018

After a special session forced the cancellation of a November 2017 meeting, the LJIC members used January’s meeting to catch up with interim study and agency oversight duties.

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Economic Affairs Interim Committee Acts on Meat Processing, Liquor Auction Concerns

Committee: Economic Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Pat Murdo
Posted on February 15, 2018

The Legislature’s Economic Affairs Interim Committee at its Feb. 7 meeting responded to diverse discussions--one on meat processing inspections and the other on liquor auctions--by voting to send letters voicing concerns about each activity. The committee also met as a subcommittee on Feb. 8 to discuss the future of Montana State Fund, the state’s largest supplier of workers’ compensation coverage.

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Health Care Price Transparency Subcommittee to Look at Consumer Needs

Committee: Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee
Author: Sue O'Connell
Posted on February 8, 2018

A group reviewing transparency in health care pricing will consider the types of information that might be most useful to consumers when it meets in Helena on Feb. 16.

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ETIC Furthers its Studies of Utility Decoupling, Begins Integrated Resource Planning Review

Committee: Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee
Author: Trevor Graff
Posted on February 5, 2018

The Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee (ETIC) furthered its studies of utility decoupling and natural gas consumer choice in the state during its January 16 meeting in Helena.

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EQC Examines Ways to Pay for Forest Fires and AIS

Committee: Environmental Quality Council
Author: Joe Kolman
Posted on February 5, 2018

At its January meeting, the Environmental Quality Council (EQC) examined how other states pay for fighting forest fires and aquatic invasive species.

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SAVA Committee to Meet on a New Date, March 6

Committee: State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Sheri Scurr
Posted on February 5, 2018

The meeting date for the State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee (SAVA) has been changed to March 6. According to the preliminary agenda for this one-day meeting, the meeting will start at 8 a.m. in Room 102 of the Capitol.

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Education Interim Committee Covers P-20 Education Continuum

Committee: Education Interim Committee
Author: Pad McCracken
Posted on February 1, 2018

The Education Interim Committee met in Helena on Jan. 22-23 and took a look at Montana’s education system spanning preschool to postsecondary.

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Water Policy Committee to Meet on Feb. 9

Committee: Water Policy Interim Committee
Author: Jason Mohr
Posted on February 1, 2018

The Water Policy Interim Committee will meet on Feb. 9 to discuss the committee’s response to a recent administrative rule proposed by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The committee will consider its ongoing objection to Montana Administrative Register Notice No. 36-22-196.

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