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House panel approves HJ 43 to request interim study of coordinated homeless services
Summary
The committee passed House Joint Resolution 43, as amended, directing an interim study to identify current recipients of homeless‑service funds, assess uses and outcomes, and consider routing funds to allowable uses that better protect Montanans’ health and housing stability.
The House Health and Human Services Committee passed House Joint Resolution 43 after adopting an amendment that broadened the study’s scope to include services that may help homeless individuals access safe, decent and affordable housing, including voluntary services offered by housing developers.
Ms. Allen summarized HJ 43 as a joint resolution requesting an interim study of coordinated homeless services and said that the sponsoring member is Representative Nicola Cakos. Representative Buttrey offered the amendment (HJ 43.1.1) to revise subsection 2 to explicitly review services that may assist homeless individuals in accessing housing, including services voluntarily offered by housing developers and housing development projects; the amendment passed on a voice/proxy vote.
Following proxy votes and roll call procedures, the clerk announced the resolution had passed out of committee. The resolution, if introduced by the full legislature, would direct an interim committee to inventory recipients of homeless‑service funds, examine how those funds are used, evaluate program outcomes, and draft legislation if the committee recommended policy changes.
What’s next: HJ 43 has passed the House Health and Human Services committee as amended and may be introduced to the floor or otherwise advanced by sponsor action.
