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The Healthy Montana Kids Plan Act (HMK) is a program that expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid eligibility for children in the state of Montana. [1] The effort to codify HMK was spearheaded by then state auditor, John Morrison . [ 1 ]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued regulations regarding seclusion and restraint. These regulations are called "Conditions of Participation (CoPs)." CoPs serve as the basis of survey activities for the purpose of determining whether a facility qualifies for a provider agreement under Medicare or Medicaid.
Montana is ranked as the least obese state in the U.S., at 19.6%, according to the 2014 Gallup Poll. [308] Montana had a suicide rate of 26.1 per 100,000 in 2020, which is the 3rd-highest among U.S. states; high suicide rates are common among sparsely-populated states in the United States. [309] [310]
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Montana, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Montana had a total summer capacity of 6,439 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 27,088 GWh. [ 2 ]
Among cities in Montana, it is the 8th largest by area, 7th most populous, and 8th fastest growing from 2010 to 2020. [6] In Montana's northwest region, it is the largest city and the commercial center of the Kalispell Micropolitan Statistical Area. [3] The name Kalispell is a Salish word meaning "flat land above the lake".
Whitefish is part of the Missoula media market, which covers a seven-county area of northwestern Montana. The city's main newspaper is The Whitefish Pilot , while the Flathead Beacon , a regional newspaper for the Flathead Valley based in Kalispell , publishes Whitefish Area News . [ 48 ]
Montana I-190, the Montana Marijuana Legalization and Tax Initiative was a cannabis legalization initiative that appeared on the November 3, 2020 Montana general election ballot. Passing with 57% approval, the initiative legalized recreational marijuana in the state effective January 1, 2021.