Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Office of Legal Affairs records

Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Office of Legal Affairs records, 1970-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Montana. Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Title: Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Office of Legal Affairs records
Dates: 1970-1995 (inclusive)
19701995
Quantity: 12 linear ft
Collection Number: RS 495 (Formerly RS 465)
Summary: This collection is a sub-subgroup (Former Office/Unit) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Office of Legal Affairs operated within the Centralized Services Division of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). In 1995, the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences merged with parts of SRS to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. These Office of Legal Affairs records consist of correspondence, Administrative Rules Review files, case files, legislative files; and subject files.
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Legislature established the Department of Public Welfare in 1937, consolidating state welfare activities. The Department was responsible for the administration of all forms of public assistance, including general relief programs and supervision of institutions caring for the dependent, delinquent, or mentally or physically handicapped. In 1971 the Department of Public Welfare was abolished and its functions assumed by the newly created Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The SRS assumed the functions of various state agencies, including functions pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and education; the Commission on Aging; and the Council on Human Resources. The SRS administered all forms of public assistance, child protection, and child welfare; gave consultant service to private institutions providing care for the needy, indigent, handicapped, or dependent; developed provisions for services to the blind; supervised county boards of public welfare; and administered all funds allotted for public welfare activities. State government reorganization in 1995 combined the SRS with portions of the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These records of the Office of Legal Affairs of SRS are comprised of correspondence (organized by creator); Administrative Rules Review files relevant to a wide variety of Social and Rehabilitation Services functions; case files regarding licensure and revocations of licenses for eateries, hotels, health care facilities, and residential buildings, as well as cases related to Medicaid reimbursement of medical professionals; legislative files; and subject files regarding individual facilities and businesses, as well as information on SRS divisions and policies.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Library & Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by series.

Location of Collection

44:5-6

Processing Note

In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 495, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 495. Rather than reprocessing over 100 linear feet of DPHHS materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1-2	Eleanor (Ellie) Parker, DHES Counsel	1994
1 / 3	Dayna Shepherd	1994
1 / 4-5	Cynthia (Cindy) Brooks	1994
1 / 6-7	Eleanor (Ellie) Parker	1993
1 / 8-9	Eleanor (Ellie) Parker	1992
1 / 10-11	Eleanor (Ellie) Parker	1991

Administrative Rules ReviewsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 12	Daycare Use of Child Diapers	1991
1 / 13	Handicapped Children’s Services Federal Poverty Guidelines	1991
1 / 14	Handicapped Children’s Services Program	1990
1 / 15-18	Specialized Mental Health Facilities	1991
2 / 1	Fee Increase for Birth, Death, or Fetal Death Certificates	1991
2 / 2	End-Stage Renal Disease	1991
2 / 3	Licensure and Requirements for Laboratory Microbiological Analysis	1991
2 / 4	Laboratory and Analyses Fees, Increase of	1991
2 / 5	Certificate of Need: Long-Term Care	1984
2 / 6	Certificate of Need: Psychiatric Hospitals	1983
2 / 7	Certificate of Need: Forms	1983
2 / 8	Certificate of Need: Health Care Facilities	1983
2 / 9	Certificate of Need: AMD	1982
2 / 10	Chemical Dependency Treatment Centers	1984
2 / 11	Personal Care, Adult Day Care, Intermediate Care	1984
2 / 12	Hospice Licensure Standards	1983
2 / 13	MAC – Abortion Rule	1974
2 / 14	MAC – Miscellaneous	1975
2 / 15	MAC – Alcohol Services	1974
2 / 16	ARM Ambulance Licensing Regulations	1972
2 / 17	ARM Annual Review	1976
2 / 18	MAC Community Homes, Licensing	1973
2 / 19	MAC Community Homes for the Developmentally Disabled	1975
2 / 20	MAC Disinterment Permit Rule	1973
2 / 21	MAC Disposition, Transit of Dead Bodies	1974
2 / 22	MAC Food, Consumer Safety	1973
2 / 23	MAC Food Processing Establishments	1973
2 / 24	MAC Food Service Establishments	1974
2 / 25	MAC Group Homes, Halfway Houses	1976
2 / 26	MAC Hospital, Constructions – Licensing Rules	1974
2 / 27	MAC Infant Screening – Inborn Metabolic Errors	1974
2 / 28	ARM Records and Statistics Forms	1977
2 / 29	MAC School District Immunization	1973
2 / 30	MAC Vital Statistics Changes	1973
2 / 31	ARM Communicable Diseases	1980
2 / 32-35	Immunization Schools	1978-1981
2 / 36	Measles Quarantine	1979
2 / 37	Reportable Diseases	1980
2 / 38	Reportable Diseases – Category D	1981
2 / 39	School Immunization	1982
2 / 40	Schools/Daycare Facilities – TB Test	1981
2 / 41-42	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 22	undated
2 / 43	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 28 Communicable Disease Control	1980
2 / 44	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 30 Emergency Medical Services	undated
2 / 45	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 32 Healthcare Facilities	1979
2 / 46	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 38 Laboratories	undated
2 / 47	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 6 Records and Statistics	1979
2 / 48, 3 / 1	Recodification Preparation – Chapter 10 Food and Consumer Safety	undated
3 / 2	Schools Immunization	1983
9 / 1	Immunization in Schools	1980
3 / 3	Tumor Registry, New Rules	1981
3 / 4	Fees for Copies/Research	1983
3 / 5-6	Records and Statistics	1981
3 / 7	Records and Statistics/Abortion Reports	1981
3 / 8	Vital Statistics Records, Access to	1983
3 / 9	Ambulance Licenses	1983
3 / 10	Ambulance Service Licensing	1977
3 / 11	Dance Halls and Pleasure Resorts	1979
3 / 12	Food Drug and Cosmetic Act	1979
3 / 13-14	Food Service Establishments	1979
3 / 15	Hotels, Motels, Rooming houses	1981
3 / 16	Meat standards	1980
3 / 17	Nuisances	1979
3 / 18	Railway Stations and Cars	1980
3 / 19	Rummage and Second-hand Clothing	1979
3 / 20-21	Tourist Campgrounds	1982
3 / 22	Trailer Courts/Tourist Campgrounds	1981
3 / 23	Nursing Bureau	1979
3 / 24	Funds, Distribution to Local Health Services	1980
3 / 25	Child Nutrition Program – State Plan	1980
3 / 26	Day Care Centers	1981
3 / 27	Day Care Centers – Health Care Requirements	1981
3 / 28	Day Care Centers, Standards for Certification	1980
3 / 29	Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) State Plan	1980
3 / 30	Fees for Analysis of Private Household Water Supplies	1981
3 / 31	Laboratory Fees/Tests: Air, Microbiological	1983
3 / 32	Laboratory Fees – Drinking Water	1983
3 / 33	Premarital Serological Tests	1983
3 / 34	Health Care Facility Licensing/Consultation	1980
3 / 35	Certification of Need	1979
3 / 36	Certificate of Needs – Nursing Home Beds	1977
3 / 37	Alder Steak House and Trailer Court	1978
3 / 38	Delayed Birth Records	1986
3 / 39	Death Certificate, Court Order	1985
3 / 40	Communicable Diseases, AIDS Emergency and Permanent Rules	1985
3 / 41	Certificate of Need: Review Forms	1985
3 / 42	Certificate of Need: Review, Emergency Rules	1985
9 / 2	Certificate of Need: Swing Beds, Long-Term Care	1985
3 / 43	Minimum Standards, Hospital Records	1986
3 / 44	Tumor Registry, Laboratory Reports	1985
3 / 45	Premarital Serological Tests	1983
3 / 46	Campgrounds, Private	1985
3 / 47	Food Service Establishments	1985
3 / 48	Hotels, Motels, Rooming Houses	1985
3 / 49	Schools	1985
3 / 50	Work Camps	1985
3 / 51	Youth Camps	1985
3 / 52	Laboratory Fees	1985
3 / 53	Laboratory Fees: Air, Water	1984
9 / 3	Certificate of Need (procedures)	1985
9 / 4	Certificate of Need	1982
9 / 5	Certificate of Need	1979

Case FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
3 / 54	Adams, George (unsanitary conditions, goats at large)	1972
3 / 55	Andrus Hotel (Dillon)	1975
3 / 56	Blains Mobile Home Court F and CS	1977-1978
3 / 57	Calvert Hotel (Lewistown)	1975
3 / 58	Chester Trading Company (Meat Market)	1974
3 / 59	Condor Hotel (Anaconda)	1974
3 / 60	Conrad Hotel (Conrad)	1970-1977
3 / 61	Fairmont Hot Springs (Gregson)	1975
3 / 62	F and C.S.B. General	1972-1977
3 / 63	Food Purveyor’s License	1979-1980
3 / 64	Hagerty Hotel (Browning)	1972-1976
3 / 65	Harris Apartments (Great Falls)	1973
3 / 66	Hotel Matters	1972
3 / 67	Johnny’s House of Fine Foods	1976
3 / 68	LaSalle Hotel (Butte)	1975
3 / 69-70	Licensing - Food and Consumer Safety Bureau	1975
3 / 71	Licensing – Food and Consumer Safety – Seasonal Operators	1975
3 / 72	Licensing – Food Service Establishments	1978
3 / 73	Licensing – Hotels, Motels	1978
3 / 74	Licensing – Trailer Courts, Campgrounds	1978
3 / 75	Lockwood School District No. 26 Declaratory Ruling	1978
3 / 76	Masher, Inc. Merlin Fjarli, owner	1976
4 / 1	Meat Processing Plants	1979
4 / 2	Montana Mosquito Control Association (FCSB)	1978
4 / 3	Mosquito Control Districts	1972-1977
4 / 4	New Elk Café and Bar	1972
4 / 5	1001 Outlet Store F and CS Bureau	1979
4 / 6	Palace Rooms (Havre)	1974
4 / 7	Perry’s Rooms (Chinook)	1975
4 / 8	Rescue Mission (Great Falls)	1975
4 / 9	Rogers Motor Inn (Malta)	1972
4 / 10	Roosevelt Hotel (Glasgow)	1975-1976
4 / 1	Sanders County Jail	undated
4 / 12	Siderius, Henry	1972-1974
4 / 13	Rainbow Hotel (Great Falls)	1972-1975
4 / 14	Range Riders Ledge (Silver Gate)	1972-1976
4 / 15	United Campground, West Yellowstone F and CS	1979
4 / 16	VFW Rimrock Post 8952 Sunburst, MT	1976
4 / 17	Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) State Plans	1979
4 / 18	Child Nutrition Program State Plans	1980
4 / 19-20	Trauma System	1995
4 / 21-24	Tribal Contracts	1993-1995
9 / 6	Independent Home Health/Westmont (Jefferson County)	1986
4 / 25-28	Linder vs. Missoula County vs. State of Montana – Liability for Failure to Inform Potentially Exposed Persons to tuberculosis (RESTRICTED)	1990
4 / 29	Clark Fork Valley Hospital (Swing Beds)	1986
4 / 30	Con-Legal Reviews	1990
4 / 31	Thunderchild Treatment Center, Crow Agency, Indian Jurisdiction Issue	1989
4 / 32	Great Falls Day Care Association Misuse of Funds	1989
4 / 33-34	Hardin vs. Missoula County vs. DHES (Tuberculosis) (RESTRICTED)	1986
9 / 7	Hardin v. Missoula County v. DHES Part II (RESTRICTED)	1989 January 3
5 / 1-5	St. Vincent (Cardiac Surgery) Reconsideration Hearing Part III Exhibits	1988
5 / 6-9	St. Vincent (Cardiac Surgery) Reconsideration Hearing Part IV Deaconess Brief, Testimony, Transcript	1988
5 / 10-13	Missoula Nursing Home Batch Transcripts	1987
5 / 14 – 6 / 7	Missoula Nursing Home Batch – Applications, Exhibits, Pre and Post-Hearing Documents	1987
6 / 8	Broadwater Hospital – Townsend, MT	1980
6 / 9	Cat Scannes	1980
6 / 10	Legal Review	1989
6 / 11	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Correspondence Melby	1990
6 / 12	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Research, Mandamus	1990
6 / 13	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Opinions	1990
6 / 14	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Scratch Notes of K. Orr	1990
6 / 15	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Melby Settlement Offers	1990
6 / 16	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – (label lost)	1990
6 / 17	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Rimrock	1990
6 / 18	Rimrock Foundation vs. DHES – Mandamus	1990
6 / 19-20	Immanuel Lutheran Home, Kalispell (reconsideration hearing part I)	1988
6 / 21-22	Immanuel Lutheran Home (answer to requests for admissions, part II)	1988
9 / 8	Trailer Courts and Campgrounds	1972
9 / 9	General	1979-1983
9 / 10	Hughes v. Coomber, Mandamus, Death Certificate	1980
9 / 11	Congregate Family Style Homes (Mike Hamilton and Dianne Ryker)	1988
9 / 12 – 10 / 1	Plains Ambulance Service	1984
10 / 2-7	Helena Nursing Home	1985
10 / 8	Helena Nursing Home (partial transcript)	1985
10 / 9-14	Helena Nursing Home (reconsideration hearing)	1986
10 / 15-18, 11 / 1-2	Shodair/Great Falls Deaconess hearing (application for certificate of need to establish a chemical dependency unit in Billings, MT by Deaconess Medical Center of Great Falls and Shodair Children’s Hospital of Helena)	1986
6 / 23-27	Shodair/Great Falls Deaconess hearing (application for certificate of need to establish a chemical dependency unit in Billings, MT by Deaconess Medical Center of Great Falls and Shodair Children’s Hospital of Helena)	1986
6 / 8 – 7 / 7	Shodair/Great Falls Deaconess hearing (application for certificate of need to establish a chemical dependency unit in Billings, MT by Deaconess Medical Center of Great Falls and Shodair Children’s Hospital of Helena)	1986
11 / 3-14	West-Mont Community Care, Inc. v. Board of Health and Environmental Sciences; Department of Health and Environmental Sciences; Jean K. Comac and Marjorie M. Anderson, d/b/a Independent Home Health Care, Inc.	1984-1985
11 / 15-25	Valley Nursing Home v. Board of Health and Environmental Sciences and Parkview Convalescent Center	1982-1986
11 / 26 – 12 / 1	Montana Health Systems Agency, Inc. and Montana Nursing Home Association v. Montana Board of Health and Missoula General Hospital	1983-1984
12 / 2	Alcohol Facilities (rules)	undated
12 / 3	Wheel Estates	1983
12 / 4	ACLU v. DHES	1982
13 / 1-3	Stewart et al. v. Region II, Child and Family Services	1989
13 / 4	Fair hearing of Thelmer Berland	1984-1985
13 / 5	Fair hearing of Steven Wagner	1983
13 / 6	Wagner et al. v. SRS (deposition of Thomas Fritch)	1984
13 / 7	Wagner et al. v. SRS (Discovery/provider response)	1984
13 / 8	Wagner et al. v. SRS (Discover/state response)	1984
14 / 1	Wagner et al. v. SRS (exhibits)	1984
14 / 2-5	Wagner et al. v. SRS (F.H.P. #84-582)	1984-1985
14 / 6-9	Wagner v. SRS (no. 88-318)	1987-1990
14 / 10-11	Stephen Wagner v. SRS (discovery) (RESTRICTED)	1987-1990

Legislative FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
7 / 8	Wild Pets, Restricting Possession of 1991 Session	1991
7 / 9	Miscellaneous Bills of Interest, Records and Statistics	1991
12 / 5	Emergency Medical Services Bill drafts	1987
7 / 10	Clean Indoor Air Act	1987
7 / 11	Miscellaneous Bills of Interest to FO	1987
7 / 12	Statutory Appropriation – Local Board Inspection Fund	1986
7 / 13	Certification of Need	1986
7 / 14	Health Information Center Deletion	1986
7 / 15	Miscellaneous Bills of Intent to Licensing and Certification	1987
12 / 6	General	1972-1979
7 / 16	Adulterated/Misbranded Articles, Detainer of	1980
7 / 17	Foreign Meat Labeling	1980
7 / 18	Hamburger Standards/Menu Labeling	1980
7 / 19	Jails, Rulemaking Authority	1980
7 / 20	License Fee Monies Earmarked	1980
7 / 21	Trailer Court/Definition	1980
7 / 22	Environmental Chemistry Laboratories/Licensure	1980
7 / 23	Marriage Certificate (Examination Requirement)	1980
7 / 24	Rabies, Wild Animal Possession, Prohibition	1980
12 / 7-8	Certificate of Need	1980
12 / 9	Certificate of Need (samples, other state laws)	1981
12 / 10	Tumor Registry	1980
12 / 11	Vital Statistics, Certificates, Family	1980

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
7 / 25-26	Alcohol and Drug Dependence	1973-1975
7 / 27	Ambulance Service – Variance Hoeruer-Waldorf	1972
7 / 28	Anaconda Company Ambulance Service	1977
7 / 29	Appeal – Re-construction of a Long-Term Care Facility, Livingston	1973
7 / 30	B and T Management	1974
7 / 31	Blackfeet Nursing Home (license revocation)	1977
7 / 32	Boehm, Edward 122 Review	1975
7 / 33	Building Code Council	1973
7 / 34	Centralized Services	1975
12 / 12	Clark Fork Valley Hospital	1978
7 / 35	Columbus and Deaconess Hospitals (Great Falls)	1975
8 / 1	Flor-Haven Rest Home	1972
8 / 2	Friendship Villa	1977
8 / 3	Glasgow AFB	1974
8 / 4	Grace Rest Home	1974
8 / 5	Public Health Services, County, City-County, “district” Public Health Departments	1973
8 / 6	Halfway House	1972
8 / 7	Hauck, Herman	1974
12 / 13	Health Planning and Resource Division	1976
8 / 8	Helfrich, Richards (Human Rights Commission)	1978
8 / 9	Hobson Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service	1976
8 / 10	Hospitals - Information	1971-1975
8 / 11-12	Hospital-Medical Facilities	1972-1979
8 / 13	Koski, Charles H.	1975
8 / 14-19	Laboratory	1972-1978
8 / 20-21	Maternal and Child Health Services	1976-1978
8 / 22	Mineral County vs. Department of Health and Environmental Sciences	1973
8 / 23	Missoula General Hospital	1975
8 / 24	Mountain View Rest Haven	1980
8 / 25	Outpatient Surgical Centers	1974
8 / 26	Park Place Nursing Home (Great Falls)	1978
8 / 27	Park Place Nursing Home Wrongful Death Action (Great Falls)	1980
8 / 28	Parkside Manor, Helena Hospital and Medical Facilities	1978
8 / 29-34	Records and Statistics	1972-1978
8 / 35	SRS Petitions for Access to Vital Statistics	1976
8 / 36	Royal Manor Rest Home	1976
8 / 37	St. James Community Hospital (lawsuit)	1975
8 / 38	Sanders County Memorial Hospital	1974
8 / 39	Sangrey, Minnie vs. Director of Department of Health	1973
8 / 40	Revocation of License: Silver Bow Annex	1972
8 / 41	Uncompensated (medical) services “Free Care”	1972
8 / 42	Valle Vista Manor – Lewistown	1976
8 / 43	Wibaux Nursing Home	1973

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