Montana State Legislature
Agency Oversight: DPHHS
Department of Public Health and Human Services
Agency Leadership
Charlie Brereton, Director
Appointed by Governor Gianforte in June 2022
Agency Website
Agency Overview
The Department of Public Health and Human Services mission statement is as follows:
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Improving and protecting the health, well-being and self-reliance of all Montanans.
Materials related to the committee's agency oversight duties or presented to the committee by the Department of Public Health and Human Services as part of the oversight responsibilities are listed below by topic area or meeting date. Topics cover:
- agency legislation;
- the provider rate study conducted for the department during the interim; and
- the agency's applications for various Medicaid waivers.
Agency Legislation
State law and legislative rules require interim committees to review the legislation that state agencies plan to introduce during the next legislative session and allows the committees to authorize the early drafting and pre-introduction of those bills. The committee typically takes up that review at its final meeting of the interim.
Reports to the Legislature Related to Children, Families, Health, & Human Services
July 2023:
