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As Montana officials seek to make nonprofit hospitals prove the benefits they provide the community justify their tax exemptions, industry leaders propose their own changes — which state officials say would further limit the state’s authority.
Nonprofit hospitals are fighting Montana’s attempt to boost oversight of the ways they claim they provide benefits to their communities in exchange for millions of dollars in tax breaks.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – At Calumet Specialty Products Partners in Great Falls today, Governor Greg Gianforte highlighted the work of his Red Tape Relief Task Force and pointed to its meaningful results to eliminate burdensome, outdated, and unnecessary regulations tying up Montanans.
Rep. Nelly Nicol, R-Billings, has disputed that her bill was retaliatory against the state auditor’s office or that it created such an appearance.
"Kids have a right to heal, get treatment and not be harmed by treatment," bill sponsor Laura Smith, a Democratic representative from Helena, said Wednesday.