The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has issued an emergency ruling saying transgender individuals cannot change the sex listed on birth certificates. Northern News Network’s Eric Young reports.
DPHHS To Address Staff Shortage At State Hospital
The Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs is at risk of losing its federal funding if a number of conditions aren’t improved by a Monday deadline. Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier says one area they’re focusing on is providing competitive wages to address a current staffing shortage.
Program Addressing Foster Children Seeing Early Success In Montana
According to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, the number of children removed from their homes and in care elsewhere was 3,021 at the end of January. The federal government has now approved a five-year Family First Prevention Plan incorporating several different programs that work with parents to help keep children sa...
Montana Health Officials Encouraging Residents To Get Flu Shot
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reports there have been more than 1,400 confirmed cases of influenza this season. A 2018 study showed between 2012 and 2015 adults with a flu vaccine were 82% less likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit for flu-related reasons. MTN News reports in light of the presence of the ...
Fentanyl Deaths Rapidly Increasing Across Montana
New numbers received from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services show an upward trend of fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Montana. The number for this year only include the first half of the year through June 30th. With that said the percentage of fentanyl-involved overdoses jumped from 13.3% in 2018 to 48.1% in 2021. ht...
Warm Springs Hospital Reporting Large Number Of Employee Vacancies
The state hospital in Warm Springs which serves 239 patients should employ 524 full-time personnel but approximately 40% of those positions are currently vacant. State lawmakers have received multiple concerns from staff members and they in turn took the matter up with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. It put out a re...
DPHHS Ordered To Pay $16 Million For Child Negligence
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has been ordered by a jury to pay more than $16 million. The Division of Child and Family Services was found negligent in their handling of a case where a young child experienced life-altering injuries from child abuse. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-23_...
Montana Epidemiologists Disagree Over Emergency Mask Ruling
Montana’s state health department released a letter Thursday signed by 18 of its own epidemiologists raising sharp concerns over an emergency rule issued by the department over mask use in schools as classes started this fall. The letter raises concern about claims in the emergency rule it calls misleading and false. The Montana Free Pre...
Health Officials Warn Of Wave Of Influenza
After a year of zero flu cases being reported the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is now warning Montanans about the risk of a severe flu season. Dr. Seth Cohen with the University of Washington’s School of Medicine has offered a solution. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-16_737.mp3
Department of Revenue Easing Up Restrictions On Recreational Marijuana Businesses
The Montana Department of Revenue has offered its proposed rule changes to the state’s medical and incoming recreational marijuana industries that would allow the industry some new advertising leeway as businesses ramp up for the recreational market which is set to begin in January although those rules would remain restrictive. House Bil...