Behavioral Health Library - Montana Legislature

Behavioral Health Library

Burnout in Behavioral Health (University of Montana Center for Children, Families, & Workforce Development)
HEART Funding (Marijuana Tax Distribution)
Suicide in Montana (Department of Public Health & Human Resources, August 2023)
WICHE Report on Planning for Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Facilities (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, August 2021)
Department of Public Health & Human Services Informational Decks
- DPHHS Children’s Mental Health Bureau Informational Deck (January 2024)
- DPHHS Prevention Bureau Informational Deck
- DPHHS Adult Behavioral Health Informational Deck (March 2024)
- Montana’s Developmental Disabilities Program (DDP): Community Services for Children & Adults (November 2023)

General Information
- Behavioral Health Systems for Future Generations Commission (June 2024)
- HB 872 Funding Flowchart (May 2024)
- HB 872 Commission Approved Priorities (August 2023)
Stakeholder Feedback
- DPHHS Request for Information (Department of Public Health & Human Services, July 2023)
- DPHHS Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability System Improvement Recommendations (Department of Public Health & Human Services, September 2023)
Near-Term Initiatives
- Grants to Increase Residential Bed Capacity (Approved by Commission and Governor)
- Grants to Increase Residential Bed Capacity Supplemental Request (Approved by Commission and Waiting on Approval from the Governor)
- Development and Deployment of a Comprehensive Crisis Worker Curriculum and Certificate Course (Approved by Commission and Governor)
- Investment in Direct Care Workforce Stabilization and Healthcare Capacity for People with Development Disabilities (Approved by Commission and Governor)
- Grants to Support Mobile Crisis Response and Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Services (Approved by Commission and Governor)
- Grants to Develop a Family Peer Support Pilot Program (Approved by Commission and Waiting on Approval from the Governor)
- Fair Market Rent Reevaluation Study (Approved by Commission and Waiting on Approval from the Governor)
- Access to Naloxone and Fentanyl Test Strips (Approved by Commission and Waiting on Approval from the Governor)
- Funding to Launch Occupational Therapy Doctorate and Physician Assistant Programs (Approved by Commission and Waiting on Approval from the Governor)
- Support for Tribal and Urban Indian Organizations to Expand Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities Capacity (Approved by Commission and Waiting on Approval from the Governor)
Commission Reports
- Behavioral Health System for Future Generations Commission Report (Draft, June 2024)
- Guidehouse Behavioral Health Alternative Settings (April 2024)
- Guidehouse Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Alternative Settings (April 2024)

LJIC Work Group on Civil and Forensic Commitments (Law & Justice Interim Committee, May 2024)
Overview of Involuntary Civil Commitment Statutes and Process in Montana (January 2024)
DPHHS Commitments Flow Chart (Department of Public Health & Human Services, September 2023)
Statutory Review of the Criminal and Civil Commitment Process in Montana (November 2022)
HJ 4 Study Summary (October 2022)