LGBTQ Addiction Treatment in Montana

Treatment rules and programs in Montana

Who oversees treatment

In Montana, the Department of Public Health and Human Services handles substance use treatment oversight: its Treatment Bureau approves SUD programs, and the department's Office of Inspector General licenses them.

Prescription monitoring

The Montana Prescription Drug Registry (MPDR) is overseen through the Montana Board of Pharmacy. It is an online tool that lets authorized providers see a patient's Schedule II-V controlled substance prescriptions, and pharmacies must report dispensing data to it.

Public coverage for treatment

Montana Medicaid and Healthy Montana Kids (HMK) Plus list mental health and substance abuse treatment among their standard benefits.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Montana's Good Samaritan provision, MCA 50-32-609 (part of the Help Save Lives From Overdose Act), shields a person who seeks medical help for an overdose, and the person overdosing, from certain drug possession charges when the evidence stems from the call for help.

Court-ordered treatment

Montana law, MCA 53-24-302, allows a court to order involuntary commitment of an alcoholic to the state health department's custody when statutory grounds are proven. Commitment is limited to a set initial term with possible recommitment.

Featured IOP and day programs in Montana

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

How IOP and PHP work

Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) usually meet about three hours a day, three to five days a week. Partial hospitalization programs (PHP), also called day treatment, run most of the day while you sleep at home. Both deliver group and individual therapy, and many include medication management.

Every program on this page reports one of these levels of care plus an LGBTQ program or group.

LGBTQ Addiction Treatment by city in Montana

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Billings
• Missoula
• Great Falls
• Bozeman
• Helena
• Kalispell
• Butte
• Belgrade
• Havre
• Anaconda
• Livingston
• Laurel
• Hamilton

Paying for treatment

Most private health insurance plans cover addiction treatment, including detox, residential care and outpatient programs, though coverage depends on your plan and whether the program is in network. Ask about prior authorization before you go, and see our insurance guides.

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