{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-5-251","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-5-251","heading":"Health freedom and access requirement.","body":"(1) A licensed experimental treatment center shall allocate 2% of its net annual profits to support access to experimental treatments and health care for qualifying Montana residents. This allocation must be documented on a form provided by the department and submitted by February 1 of each year.\n(2) The health freedom and access requirement prescribed in subsection (1) may be fulfilled by:\n(a) providing free experimental treatment, as that term is defined in 50-12-102, to qualifying Montana residents in an amount that is equal to at least 2% of the center's net annual profits; or\n(b) contributing 2% of the center's net annual profits into the insurance premium support account established in 50-5-252.\n(3) The department shall develop policies and procedures, including application and reimbursement processes, to:\n(a) determine who are qualifying Montana residents for the purpose of implementing this section; and\n(b) support requests by Montana residents for the provision of experimental treatments at experimental treatment centers under this section.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES","Part 2. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0510/0500-0050-0020-0510.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:09Z","sha256":"19b4f98ae393ca1961e5ca54854cc1126afc746a1fdf9b5a0d9d613ed8749605","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-5-250","next":"us-mt/50-5-252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}