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The new committee that will oversee Montana’s directive to keep patients with primary diagnoses of Alzheimer’s, dementia and traumatic brain injuries from being involuntarily committed to the Montana State Hospital held its first meeting Tuesday, developing a list of questions it wants answered in order to oversee the state’s progress and possibly recommend legislation to make the transition easier.

A bill introduced Friday is perhaps the most significant policy bill aimed at resolving issues at the embattled Montana State Hospital.

Kyle Fouts, the hospital's current administrator, will transfer to Boulder-based Intensive Behavior Center as its new administrator on May 9

Carter Anderson, inspector general at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, will serve as the interim administrator at Montana State Hospital.