{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-19-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-19-302","heading":"Purposes.","body":"The purposes of this part are to:\n(1) assure that mothers and children, in particular those with low income or with limited availability of health services, receive access to quality maternal and child health services;\n(2) reduce infant mortality and the number of low birthweight babies; and\n(3) prevent the incidence of children born with chronic illnesses, birth defects, or severe disabilities as a result of inadequate prenatal care.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 19. PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEWBORN INFANTS","Part 3. Montana Initiative for the Abatement of Mortality in Infants"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0190/part_0030/section_0020/0500-0190-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:18Z","sha256":"a245ed2bf8057ad488d4ef957ad53a55765a76d84f8209f31b96e2c4402cb273","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-19-301","next":"us-mt/50-19-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}