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January 15-17, 2010

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MPA News

• MPA Fares Well at Legislature  
• Governor signs MPA Bills – New laws effective October 1st
• Lyndee Fogel & Corey Heffernan elected to MPA Board

MPA Fares Well at Legislature -

The Montana Legislative Session ended its 90th day on Tuesday, April 28, 2009.  The Legislature spent its final days discussing property tax reappraisal and how to distribute the $800 million federal stimulus monies through HB 645 and the budget for state government through HB 2.   During the 2009 Legislative Session there were 1,316 introduced bills.  By comparison, in 2007 the Legislature introduced 1,526 bills.  

All in all MPA fared well during the 2009 Legislative Session and we thank the MPA Legislative/Policy Committee, the MPA Board of Directors and the many members who initiated contact with their local lawmakers when requested to emphasize our position for or against specific measures.

Governor signs MPA Bills – New laws go into effect October 1st

The Governor signed SB 174, the Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner Act, and SB 275, the bill to add a pharmacist to the Board of Pharmacy. These two bills were requested by MPA and were key items in our legislative agenda for the 2009 Session. Passage of these two bills has been a great team effort.  Both SB 174 and SB 275 go into effect on October 1st, 2009.

To view a complete list of bills MPA tracked during the Montana Legislative Session, visit our "Montana Legislative News" page.

Lyndee Fogel and Corey Heffernan Elected to MPA Board

The election results are in and we are pleased to announce that Lyndee Fogel of Dillon and Corey Heffernan of Hamilton have been elected as our two new MPA Board Members. Lyndee and Corey will be officially sworn during the MPA Business Meeting on May 30th at the NW Convention in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.