Progress in Mental Health Policy for Montana Families

2025 Montana Legislature was a fascinating legislative session with some amazing progress on key issues for Montanans who live with mental health conditions and their families.

Matt Kuntz, NAMI Montana's Executive Director gives a wrap-up in this video. There is also a great article from Sue O'Connell of Kaiser Family news that we highly recommend to try and understand the ins and outs of what was happening at the Montana Capitol. You can read it at this link.

Interim Committee work will begin soon and we are hoping for more progress on behavioral health crisis beds. We'll keep you updated as it moves forward on our News blog.

National NAMI has been working on the large scale spending cut issues that threaten the healthcare system around the country. We are working to share the same message with Montana's Congressional team.

NAMI Montana's long-time national veterans brain health advocacy continues. We helped draft Senate Bill 800 to improve research and care for veterans affected by low level blast brain injuries. You can find the text of that bill here or watch a video by Matt Kuntz describing the bill.

Thank you!