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MCMHCA Legislature Activity
Montana Legislature
2005 MCMHCA is following the following
preference list

LC0297 Revise duties for mental health ombudsman to include child protective services Delete No
LC0464 Revise diversion of mentally ill from detention center Delete No
LC0478 Increase reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers Delete No
LC0544 Revise partner family member assault laws Delete No
LC0577 Multilevel licensure for social workers Delete No
LC0652 Revise allocation of use of tobacco tax and settlement funds Delete No
LC0799 Prohibit professional board discrimination among licensees Delete No
LC0869 Child welfare mental health partnership Delete No
LC0905 Revise laws related to medical care Delete No
LC1039 Revise mental health laws Delete No
LC1040 Implement substance control recommendations Delete No
LC1069 Revise laws governing children and families Delete No
LC1184 Clarify not-for-profit tax status use Delete No
LC1185 Generally revise not-for-profit tax status laws Delete No
LC1186 Revise Medicaid payment laws Delete No
LC1207 Revise children's services Delete No
LC1210 Address methamphetamine issues Delete No
LC1300 Support for local mental health drop-in facilities Delete No
LC1370 Include mental injuries in work comp definition Delete No
LC1395 Establish pilot program in Medicaid program Delete No
LC1440 Tax soda pop Delete No
LC1538 Require nonprofit organization financial disclosure and auditing Delete No
LC1556 Revise administration of public health care programs Delete No
LC1558 Create health care reserve fund - revise CHIP Delete No
LC1594 Revise laws governing DPHHS Delete No
LC1613 Revise laws related to nonprofit organizations and political committees Delete No
LC1614 Revise laws related to nonprofit organizations and political committees Delete No
LC1615 Revise laws related to nonprofit organizations and political committees Delete No
LC1639 Revise laws related to nonprofit organizations and political committees Delete No
LC1640 Revise laws related to nonprofit organizations and political committees Delete No
LC1641 Revise laws on nonprofit organizations and political committees Delete No
LC1732 Require inmate drug and alcohol counseling Delete No
LC1743 Increase beer tax to fund alcohol and drug prevention and treatment Delete No
LC1829 Require training for child abuse and neglect central intake Delete No
LC1885 Criminal background check required before licensing social workers Delete No
LC2263 Revise laws governing mental disabilities board of visitors Delete No
LC2314 Revise professional and occupational licensing laws Delete No
LC2316 Revise domestic violence laws Delete No
LC2320 Confirmation of other occupations Delete No
LC0052 HB 2 General appropriations act Delete No
LC0053 HB 3 Supplemental appropriations Delete No
LC0294 HB 31 Establish office of substance abuse prevention and treatment Delete No
LC1048 HB 73 County voted levy for substance abuse programs Delete No
LC0193 HB 182 Generally revise professional and occupational licensing laws Delete No
LC0293 HB 183 Medicaid redesign: Severely emotionally disturbed children waiver proposal Delete No
LC0194 HB 203 Clarify responsibility of boards and department of labor and industry Delete No
LC1084 HB 252 Increase alcohol tax to fund certain health programs Delete No
LC0791 HB 294 Board membership requirements for certain mental health agencies Delete No
LC0352 HB 358 Certification of problem gambling counselors; gambling prevention and state plan Delete No
LC1984 HB 395 Revise responsibility for cost of examination and detention of mental disorder Delete No
LC0281 SB 41 Medicaid redesign: funding principles Delete No
LC0282 SB 42 Clarify system of care and service area authority for children's mental health Delete No
LC0126 SB 71 Extend tobacco settlement use for human services Delete No
LC0289 SB 101 Require registration of youth residential therapeutic programs Delete No
LC0292 SB 110 Medicaid redesign: HIFA and 1115 demonstration waiver authority Delete No
LC0829 SB 156 Raise CHIP eligibility through federal poverty level percentage Delete No
LC1143 SB 241 Good faith protection for court-appointed psychologists Delete No
LC0593 SB 249 Require coordination for addiction treatment between Corrections and DPHHS Delete No
LC1698 SB 283 Revise partner and family member assault Delete No
LC0551 SB 297 Marriage and family therapy licensure Delete No







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New Lobbyist: Gloria Hermanson
Gloria
Hermanson
MCMHCA
LOBBYIST
Gloria Hermanson will be representing MCMHCA in the upcoming Montana Legislature. She has worked in the legislative/political arena in Washington D.C. and in Montana for many years with numerous clients on a variety of projects and issues. She conducts conferences and special events, writes and edits numerous publications, and specializes in legislative liaison and strategy, project coordination, and association management. Current clients include the Montana and South Dakota Academies of Ophthalmology, the Montana Society of Otolaryngology, and the Montana Association of Surgery Centers. Past clients include the Montana Psychological Association and the Montana Cultural Advocacy.

Dr. Bob Bakko: Importance of MCMHCA
By Dr. Bob Bakko LCPC : Past President of MCMHCA and AMHCA
We are twenty years old and we have much to celebrate. Thanks to MCMHCA’s lobbying efforts in
1984 and 1986 our first licensure bill went into effect summer of 1986. Memorable for some of us, the first
group of future Licensed Professional Counselors went to Helena to take the NBCC Exam that summer. Out
of that first group who were licensed developed a “core” of outstanding individuals who saw a vision for
what an LPC should be in Montana and the Nation. The Montana Chapter of the American Mental Health
Counselors Assoc. or MCMHCA, in subsequent legislative years introduced several important bills to
obtain recognition with equal parity in the mental health field. Important legislation introduced by
MCMHCA and passed in to law: third-party reimbursement from insurers, we became the first State to
obtain Medicaid reimbursement for LPC’s, we added Clinical to our Title and changed our Title Law to a
Practice Law protecting the practice of Clinical Professional Counseling. MCMHCA was recognized
Nationally by ACA for our assertive legislative work in 1993 and helped change through AMHCA our
National Standards of Training and Practice. There are many stories surrounding our efforts all these
years.
Suffice it to say we can all be proud of our profession and what we stand for.