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Montana SenateHB 585

Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists

Passed 31–19Crossed party lines

What it does: On the version voted Apr 16, 2025: Sets Medicaid fees for physical, speech-language and occupational therapist services as a conversion factor ($39.56 in fiscal 2026) times relative value units; the department may raise the factor later in line with the medical care price index. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Do Concur

A yes vote approved the therapist Medicaid rate bill (HB 585) on second reading in the Senate, the preliminary vote that advances it to a third-reading vote. (AI-written)

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The tally

Yes 31 · No 19 · Not voting 0

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

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats1800
Republicans13190

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 13 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (50)

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