The Daily Interlake wrote:
State will reimburse jails holding inmates awaiting mental health evaluations
by MICAH DREW Daily Montanan
| July 22, 2025 12:00 AM
“The Montana Legislature voted to override Gov. Greg Gianforte’s veto of a bill that would use state funds to reimburse counties some of the cost of holding inmates in local detention facilities while awaiting mental health evaluations or treatments.
House Bill 643, brought by Rep. Tracy Sharp, R-Polson, was seen by many as a stop-gap measure to address rising costs to counties that have seen increased mental health issues arising in civil and criminal cases.”
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