§ 50-5-251 — Health Freedom And Access Requirement

50-5-251 . Health freedom and access requirement. (1) A licensed experimental treatment center shall allocate 2% of its net annual profits to support access to experimental treatments and health care for qualifying Montana residents. This allocation must be documented on a form provided by the department and submitted by February 1 of each year.
(2) The health freedom and access requirement prescribed in subsection (1) may be fulfilled by:
(a) providing free experimental treatment, as that term is defined in 50-12-102 , to qualifying Montana residents in an amount that is equal to at least 2% of the center's net annual profits; or
(b) contributing 2% of the center's net annual profits into the insurance premium support account established in 50-5-252 .
(3) The department shall develop policies and procedures, including application and reimbursement processes, to:
(a) determine who are qualifying Montana residents for the purpose of implementing this section; and
(b) support requests by Montana residents for the provision of experimental treatments at experimental treatment centers under this section.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, Ch. 621, L. 2025.