When choosing an assisted living community, it is important to understand Montana state regulations for assisted living facilities and know how to look up assisted living license information. But public access to assisted living records varies greatly by state.
We developed a system to rate each state on how easy – or difficult – it is to find important assisted living records and reports, and compiled tips to help you in your search.
States with the most transparent records allow you to look up important information about each assisted living facility online, including inspections, complaints, survey results, violations, capacity, and whether the facility accepts Medicaid.
Access to Montana assisted living records: High
Public access to assisted living records and reports for the state of Montana is high. Key findings that informed this rating include:
Montana recently updated their state database to include detailed information about adult care providers.
Montana has inspection information available online, as well as capacity and license status of communities.
State provides high access to assisted living records and licensing
How to look up Montana assisted living licenses and records
You can search by personal or business name, license number, city, or country to find information about a specific facility.
From the search results, a provider’s name can be clicked to access a page with detailed information about the community and recent inspections or enforcement actions.
How we arrived at our Montana rating
We developed a standard methodology for state data collection and evaluation, and based our rating primarily on the objective, state-specific accessibility criteria outlined in these questions:
Are licensed assisted living communities listed online in any form? Yes
If Yes to #1, is the information updated frequently? Yes
If Yes to #1, is the list of licensed communities searchable? Yes
Does the state post inspections, complaints, survey results, or violations online? Yes
If Yes to #4, is the information updated frequently? [within 90 days] Yes
If Yes to #2 and #4, is the enforcement information included in the same place as licensed communities? No or N/A
If Yes to #4 and No to #6, are violations / inspections searchable at all? No
Is information about special licensing for care shown? Yes
Capacity shown? Yes
Payment types shown, [e.g. Medicaid, private pay]? No
Administrator / Contact name shown? Yes
State may fine facility? No
Frequency of inspections? Every 12 months
Website includes pricing of facility? No
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