Tester and Daines Introduce Legislation to Increase Access to Care for Western Montana Veterans
(U.S. Senate) – Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines introduced legislation today to allow the VA to move forward with expanding its planned outpatient clinic in Missoula. The Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act will authorize the VA to move forward with leasing space in Missoula to expand the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) by 24 percent. That expansion will allow the VA to see more patients, provide more privacy to veterans seeking care, and better ensure doctors, nurses and medical personnel have the space they need to effectively do their jobs. “When I visited the Missoula CBOC with Secretary McDonald, I showed
KLYQ: Sapphire Community Health Grows into Bigger Building
Sapphire Community Health Center has moved across the street on North 3rd in Hamilton. In fact, it’s a situation of trading places with Human Resource Council. The health center is moving across North 3rd Street into the Ravalli County Human Resource Council building at 316 North 3rd. At the same time, the Human Resource Council is moving into the former health center. The community health services agency accepts all patients and assigns fees on a sliding scale, based on household size and income. Recently, mental health services were added to infant care, cancer screening, women’s care and other medical issues.
E&E: Sen. Daines wants conferees to take up disputed drought bill
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is pressing House and Senate conferees to consider controversial drought legislation for inclusion in any compromise energy bill. In a lengthy letter to top conferees, Daines yesterday urged the adoption of a bill, S. 2902, that seeks to overhaul the Army Corps of Engineers’ forecasting methods to improve planning for water storage in times of drought. “This legislation would improve the efficiency of existing water supply infrastructure, ease the regulatory burden on new projects and protect water rights that are critical to the prosperity of the western United States,” Daines wrote, noting that it would authorize the Dry-Redwater Rural
Daines Announces $104,602 for the Crow Tribe to Prevent Suicide and Combat Meth Addiction
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $104,602.00 in funding for the Crow Tribe to reduce and prevent methamphetamine abuse and suicide prevention strategies in Native youth. “By working together we can ensure that Montanans dealing with drug abuse and addiction have the support and resources they need to get help and care in their local communities,”Daines stated. “We need to keep investing in mental healthcare services.” “We are thrilled that we received this grant and we will do our best to meet its objectives,” Crow Tribe Executive Director of Health and Human Services Todd Wilson stated. “This grant is something we
Daines Announces $864,468 for Montana Health Centers
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $864,468.00 in funding for Community Health Centers in Montana to provide improved continuity of care, mobile services to rural locations and increased access to affordable care. “Montana’s Community Health Centers provide reliable access to affordable healthcare close to home,” Daines stated. “I’m excited that there is more funding available to enhance the quality and reliability of care for Montanans.” The Department of Health and Human Services awarded grants to: Billings: Yellowstone City & County Health Department: $70,807.00 Billings: Montana Migrant Council, Inc.: $46,504.00 Butte: Butte-Silver Bow Primary Health Care Clinic: $61,067.00 Chinook: Sweet Medical Center, Inc.: $42,246.00 Cut
Daines Urges Energy Bill Conferees to Support Montana Made Solutions
Daines Asks for Support for a Wildfire Funding Fix, National Parks, LWCF, Rural Water Projects, Sportsmen’s Act, Hydropower Development, Forest Management Reform with Litigation Relief U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today urged the conferees of S.2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act to support Montana priorities: a wildfire funding fix, Montana’s National Parks, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), rural water projects, the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, hydropower development and forest management reform that includes litigation relief. In a letter to the energy bill conferees, Daines offered specific Montana ideas to reducing litigation that can gain bipartisan support and make
Bakken Oil Report: Sen.Daines: Keep D.C. out of the Bakken
Folks in western states like Montana and the Dakotas understand that to ensure our way of life for future generations, we need to balance the responsible development of our natural resources with protecting and conserving our great outdoors. As an avid outdoorsmen myself, I’ve been backpacking, fishing and hunting across Montana all of my life. And I firmly believe that it is those of us who live here in the west who should make decisions on how our land is used, not federal government bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. from agencies like the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management
KBZK: Bozeman community hosts Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevention
BOZEMAN – When their son Patrick took his own life last year, Tracey and Mike Rassley were met with shock. “He was away at college and we didn’t realize that he was kind of having a hard time,” said Tracey Rassley. “We’re out here to raise more awareness of kids who seem like they are doing great but might really not be at all.” Joining other parents of victims, survivors and allies, the Rassley’s are walking to end suicide with the Out of The Darkness Bozeman community walk. “What most of you wouldn’t think when you come and meet me, I’m
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Hearing scheduled to name peak after local conservationist
About a week after Montana’s congressional delegation requested it, the bill to name a Madison Range peak after a prominent conservationist who died earlier this year will have a U.S. Senate committee hearing next week. The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on the Alex Diekmann Designation Act of 2016 next Thursday. The bill would name an unnamed peak in the Madison range after Alex Diekmann, who worked for 16 years as a project manager for the Trust for Public Land. Diekmann, who was 52, died of cancer earlier this year. For the Trust