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Montana HouseSB 422

Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer

Passed 61–38Crossed party lines

What it does: Bars health insurers that cover advanced or metastatic cancer from requiring an insured person to fail, or prove a history of failing, a different drug before covering an FDA-approved prescription drug that follows national cancer guidelines. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Do Concur

A yes vote gave the bill second-reading approval in the House as amended by House Business and Labor, which covers "advanced or metastatic" cancer, including cancer considered terminal, and drops the "associated conditions" language. (AI-written)

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The tally

Yes 61 · No 38 · Not voting 1

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats4200
Republicans19381

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 19 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (100)

Yes 61

No 38

Not voting 1

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.