50-5-251. Health freedom and access requirement.
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50-5-251 . Health freedom and access requirement.
(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.
(2)The health freedom and access requirement prescribed in subsection
(1)may be fulfilled by:
(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
(b)contributing 2% of the center's net annual profits into the insurance premium support account established in 50-5-252 .
(3)The department shall develop policies and procedures, including application and reimbursement processes, to:
(a)determine who are qualifying Montana residents for the purpose of implementing this section; and
(b)support requests by Montana residents for the provision of experimental treatments at experimental treatment centers under this section.