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The state health department says the administrative rule changes are being proposed because of new laws against religious and vaccination restrictions.
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State health officials Friday announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Montana. The case was found in Flathead County.
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The state's three crisis call centers answer more than 10,000 calls to the lifeline a year.
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A string of legislative and administrative actions has made Montana one of four states where amending their birth certificates is nearly impossible for transgender people.
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State health officials say that Montanans on Medicaid will now have increased access to treatment after the federal government waived a restriction on what types of facilities can provide care for Medicaid patients.
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The emergency rule, enacted in May, bars transgender residents from amending the gender markers on their birth certificates unless they have medically transitioned. About 100 people Thursday spoke in opposition.
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Montana state health department spokesperson Jon Ebelt says the state is ordering vaccines in anticipation of the approval, but didn’t say how many. He says providers could receive the vaccines by June 21, which is the earliest they could be administered following approval.
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As frustrated mothers search for formula, one local nonprofit has helped bridge the gap for moms facing just that issue. Mother’s Milk Bank of Montana is the region’s only breastmilk bank, serving hospitals from Idaho to the Dakotas and Wyoming.
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The emergency rule skirts a recent order from a Billings district court judge.
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The state health department is seeking pandemic-EBT funding two months after declining continued participation.