Bill Introduces Interim Committee Proposals for MSF

Montana State Fund policyholders would be allowed to elect three board members under new legislation that would also give the state the option of buying workers’ compensation coverage from a private carrier. Both proposals in House Bill 214, introduced Wednesday by Rep. Vince Ricci, R-Laurel, come from a legislative committee that has been debating the future of the Montana State Fund since the 2017 legislative session ended. As the last legislative session wound to a close in Montana, one of four states in which lawmakers meet every other year, the Legislature failed to pass last-...