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Montana bill would eliminate automatic malpractice and MMLP reports to licensing boards
Summary
A bill sponsored by Representative Valerie Moore would remove mandatory insurer and Montana Medical Legal Panel reporting to occupational licensing boards, aiming to reduce administrative burden and focus investigations on complaints initiated by patients.
Representative Valerie Moore introduced House Bill 442 to the Senate Judiciary Committee, seeking to end two mandatory reporting requirements that the Department of Labor and Industry says create redundant paperwork without useful investigatory detail.
The bill would remove a statutory requirement that malpractice insurers notify licensing boards when a claim is filed and would also remove a mandate that the Montana Medical Legal Panel (MMLP) send only its case outcome “ballot” to the Department and boards after an MMLP proceeding. The department and hospital representatives said the current reports are one‑page notices that give licensing staff little substantive information and trigger time‑consuming administrative processes.
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