(Helena) —Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown announced on Tuesday that the Bridged Health Alliance has satisfied the Montana statutory requirements needed to operate a self-funded school health insurance trust in Montana
With the trust qualification, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Susie Hedalen is tasked with distributing the $40 million set aside by the Legislature in 2023 in ‘incentive funding’ to the Bridged Health Alliance Trust.
The statutory framework for creating and approving a trust designed to provide insurance services to employees of Montana’s school districts was enacted by the 2023 Montana Legislature as it set aside $40 million for a trust, if certain criteria was met.
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted in the Fall of 2025 to enroll the district in the Bridged Health Alliance.
