Juro's United Drug v. Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

¶1 Juro’s United Drug (Juro’s) appeals from the order on judicial review entered by the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, upholding a final administrative decision. We affirm.

¶2 The restated issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in upholding a final administrative decision which concluded that a department’s interpretation of an administrative rule as precluding reimbursement of shipping costs for diapers was reasonable and not plainly inconsistent with the rule’s spirit.

BACKGROUND

¶3 The Montana medicaid program (Medicaid) is a joint federal-state program…