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The ranking Democrat in the Montana House of Representatives made a formal request this week for records related to Medicaid disenrollment after the head of the state health department resisted

The state health department works with more than 4,000 private and public contractors across Montana.

The head of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services said the agency has nearly cleared its backlog of incomplete contracts that risked people’s access to health services.

The head of Montana’s health department said the agency is catching up on a months-long backlog of contracts with organizations that connect people to medical care that left organizations without pay, halted some services, and triggered job cuts.

"Now you refuse to be held accountable for the damage your Department has done," Rep. Kim Abbott wrote in her letter.

"Now you refuse to be held accountable for the damage your Department has done," Rep. Kim Abbott wrote in her letter.

"Now you refuse to be held accountable for the damage your Department has done," Rep. Kim Abbott wrote in her letter.

Contract backlog left organizations without pay, halted services, and triggered job cuts.

The head of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services said the agency has nearly cleared its backlog of incomplete contracts that risked people

The head of DPHHS says the agency is catching up on a months-long backlog of contracts.