{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-4-517","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-4-517","heading":"Legislative purpose.","body":"The purpose of 50-4-516 through 50-4-518 is:\n(1) to provide health care consumers with better information regarding the portion of their health care costs that will be paid by their health insurer and the portion that they will have to pay themselves; and\n(2) to introduce elements of competition into the marketplace.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 4. HEALTH CARE POLICY","Part 5. Patient's Right to Know"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0040/part_0050/section_0170/0500-0040-0050-0170.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:06Z","sha256":"ed6078637f6eb493053bd9fe06593064677ea4a8b7c95de95e308395fa166e94","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-4-516","next":"us-mt/50-4-518"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}