Mont. Code Ann. § 50-1-117
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50-1-117 Prioritizations of public funds to health care entities -- restrictions
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50-1-117 . Prioritizations of public funds to health care entities -- restrictions. Subject to any applicable requirements of federal statutes, rules, regulations, or guidelines:
(1) any expenditures or grants of public funds for family planning services by the state by and through the department of public health and human services must be made in the following order of priority:
(a) to public entities;
(b) to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics;
(c) to nonpublic health providers that have as their primary purpose the provision of the primary health care services enumerated in 42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1); and
(d) to nonpublic health providers that do not have as their primary purpose the provision of the primary health care services enumerated in 42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1); and
(2) the department of public health and human services may not enter into a contract with, or make a grant to, an entity that performs nonfederally qualified abortions or maintains or operates a facility where nonfederally qualified abortions are performed, provided, however, that nothing in 50-1-116 through 50-1-118 shall be construed to apply to the receipt or administration of funds pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq.
(1) any expenditures or grants of public funds for family planning services by the state by and through the department of public health and human services must be made in the following order of priority:
(a) to public entities;
(b) to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics;
(c) to nonpublic health providers that have as their primary purpose the provision of the primary health care services enumerated in 42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1); and
(d) to nonpublic health providers that do not have as their primary purpose the provision of the primary health care services enumerated in 42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1); and
(2) the department of public health and human services may not enter into a contract with, or make a grant to, an entity that performs nonfederally qualified abortions or maintains or operates a facility where nonfederally qualified abortions are performed, provided, however, that nothing in 50-1-116 through 50-1-118 shall be construed to apply to the receipt or administration of funds pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq.
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