Montana

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Montana has six funded HomeVisiting Projects that provide intensive case management to pregnant and post partum women at risk for drinking during pregnancy. These projects are located in Missoula, Great Falls, Billings, Kalispell,Helena and Browning.

Legislative Information:

Bill Number	Category	Introduced	Description	Status
HB645	Criminalization	2007	A bill for an act entitled: "An act requiring testing of certain newborns for exposure to dangerous drugs or alcohol; allowing prosecution of parents if test results are positive; creating a special revenue account to support expenses related to prebirth exposure to dangerous drugs or alcohol;...	Died in Standing Committee 04/27/2007
HB 715	Funding	2005	A bill for an act entitled "An Act Providing an Appropriation to the Department of Public Health and Human Services for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention; and Providing an Effective Date."	Missed deadline for appropriation Bill Transmittal 03/30/2005
HB252	Funding	2005	A bill for an act entitled "An Act Increasing Certain Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages; Providing That Increased Revenue From Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages Must Be Used by the Department of Public Health and Human Services for the Prevention of or Treatment of Effects Related to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Amending Sections 16-1-401, 16-1-404, 16-1-406, 16-1-411, and 53-24-108, MCA; and Providing an Effective Date and an Applicability Date."	Missed deadline for Revenue Bill Transmittal 04/04/2005