Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

The Montana health department says it’s developing a new way to apply for the state food assistance program online that doesn’t require an email address.

Millions of dollars from a national settlement with opioid distributors are expected to flow into the state soon.

Early indicators have state public health officials bracing for what could be a significant influenza season, prompting them to urge Montanans to get their flu shot in the coming weeks.

The agency had previously said it would continue to bar document changes for transgender people despite a verbal court ruling.

Montana’s top health official says he’s concerned about the process for how Medicaid recipients receive coverage for abortions.

Montana health officials are asking state lawmakers to eliminate a board that hears appeals from people who believe they were wrongly denied public assistance benefits.

A district court judge has ordered the state health department to rescind a rule that bars transgender residents from amending the gender marker their birth certificates. The health department is defying that order.

The new account portal on Montana’s website now requires users to enter and verify an email address in order to access their information. Before, applicants did not need to have a verifiable email to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The rule, which puts Montana among the strictest states in the nation, effectively bars transgender people from changing the sex on their birth certificates.

Health officials estimate the state will lose $25 million if the state hospital doesn’t receive federal certification within the next two years.