{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-4-902","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-4-902","heading":"Health insurance purchase mandate prohibited -- exceptions.","body":"(1) The state or federal government may not:\n(a) mandate or require a person or entity to purchase health insurance coverage as defined in 33-22-140; or\n(b) impose a penalty, tax, fee, or fine of any type if a person or entity declines to purchase health insurance coverage.\n(2) This section does not apply to a requirement to purchase health insurance coverage that is imposed by:\n(a) a court when an individual or entity is a named party in a judicial dispute;\n(b) the department of public health and human services as part of a child support enforcement action; or\n(c) the Montana university system as a requirement for students.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 4. HEALTH CARE POLICY","Part 9. Montana Health Care Freedom Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0040/part_0090/section_0020/0500-0040-0090-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:07Z","sha256":"49bb18097cfd93a19c867a0a295a88c602817b60992fd586e30dd387be60a22b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-4-901","next":"us-mt/50-4-1001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}