Montana State Legislature

Legislation

The State-Tribal Relations Committee adopted 12 committee bills at its final meeting of the interim on September 7, 2018. They include the following:

LCELMS - providing funding for school district programs serving English Learners
- Staff memo to STRC about LCELMS
LCMILP - extending the termination date of the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program by 4 years
LCCICA - extending the termination date of the Cultural Integrity and Committment Act by 4 years

LCsj31 - creating the reentry cultural programming grant program
LCsj32 - requiring a percentage of supportive housing grant program funding to be awarded to those serving American Indian offenders
LCpmed - allowing certified behavioral health peer support services to qualify as medical assistance under the Montana Medicaid program

LCdoj1 - establishing "Hanna's Act", authorizing the Department of Justice to assist with all missing persons cases
LCdoj2 - revising laws related to missing persons reports
LCdoj3 - a resolution requesting an interim study of options to break the cycle of youth who run away from home
LCdoj4 - requiring a missing child report to be filed in certain custodial interference cases
LCFOT2 - requiring the Office of Public Instruction to establish an electronic repository for school photos of children whose parents give permission for the photo to be held and shared with law enforcement if the child goes missing
- Description of fiscal impacts and potential costs associated with LCFOT2, Office of Public Instruction

LCbsd3 - revising the Big Sky Economic Development Program to provide additional grant funds for high unemployment counties