Deaconess Medical Center of Billings, Inc. v. Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services

Billings Deaconess Hospital, Inc. (Deaconess), appeals a judgment of the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, in favor of Petroleum County and the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The judgment affirmed Petroleum County’s and SRS’s denial of medical benefits to the James D. Wymore family.

On appeal, we will consider the constitutionality of income limitations in Section 53-3-103(3), MCA (1983) and in the Petroleum County Medical Plan. Appellant contends that the limitations violate Montana’s constitutional guarantee of assistance for the…