Health Care & Benefits Division
New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program
Program eligibility
- Open to new legislators and their covered spouse/domestic partner.
- Must enroll on the State of Montana Benefit Plan (State Plan) effective January 3, 2023.
- All activities must be completed and submitted by December 31, 2022.
New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive
Earn $30 per month off your State Plan contribution for 2023. Earn an additional $30 per month off your State Plan contribution if your covered spouse/domestic partner also completes the program.
To earn the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive
- Contact Health Care & Benefits Division (HCBD) to Enroll – Call
(800) 274-8266 - Complete a State-sponsored Health Screening – Complete your State-sponsored Health Screening with Premise Health by December 31, 2022.
- Download and Complete the New Legislator Incentive Form
- Self-report your Nicotine Free status and completion of an Eligible Provider Visit – Self-report that you are nicotine free or have completed an eligible alternative and that you have completed an Eligible Provider Visit by December 31, 2022, using the Live Life Well Incentive Program New Legislator Form.
- Self-report completion of an Eligible Provider Visit – Self-report that you have completed an Eligible Provider Visit by December 31, 2022, using the Live Life Well Incentive Program New Legislator Form.
- Return the Live Life Well Incentive Program New Legislator Form to HCBD using the contact information on the form. If steps 1-5 are completed by December 31, 2022, you will earn an incentive for 2023.
Additional details
- State-sponsored Health Screening Appointments – If you are a new legislator and new to the State Plan, you will not be able to call Premise Health for an appointment unless you have contacted with HCBD (see #1 above) because you will not be an active State Plan member until January 4, 2023.
- Please call Kim Pullman, Wellness Program Manager, at 444-3809 or kpullman@mt.gov to get all the information you need to earn the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive.
- Kim will answer any questions you might have about how the process works. She will connect you with a Premise Health representative who will create a My Premise Health account and schedule a State-sponsored Health Screening and/or flu shot appointment for you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner.
- Your State-sponsored health screening will take place at a Montana Health Center location (Anaconda, Billings, Butte Helena, or Missoula,).
- Nicotine Free – You must self-report that you are nicotine free or have completed an eligible nicotine free alternative using the Live Life Well Incentive Program New Legislator Form. If you or your covered spouse/domestic partner use nicotine, there are two alternative activities that may be completed to qualify for the Nicotine Free part of the Incentive. Visit benefits.mt.gov/nicotinefree for details.
- Eligible Provider Visit – You must self-report that you have completed an Eligible Provider Visit using the Live Life Well Incentive Program New Legislator Form. The attached Live Life Well Incentive pamphlet provides a complete description of what qualifies as an Eligible Provider Visit. Options vary in length, so choose one you can complete by December 31, 2022. You can self-report any Eligible Provider Visit you completed between November 1, 2021-December 31, 2022, using the form provided to you.
- Montana Health Center Services – Your pre-registration with Premise Health only qualifies you and your enrolled spouse/domestic partner to use a Montana Health Center for your State-sponsored health screening, a COVID-19 vaccine, or a flu shot. When you on enroll in the State Plan, your coverage will take effect January 3, 2023, at which time you will have full access to the Montana Health Centers in Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Billings, and Missoula.
2024 Incentive Program
- If you complete all four steps (see first page) by December 31, 2022, you will earn the Live Life Well Incentive for 2023.
- To earn an incentive for 2024, between January 3, 2023, and October 31, 2023, you must
- Complete a State-sponsored health screening
- Self-report online that you are Nicotine Free
- Self-report online that you have completed an eligible Provider Visit
- More information about online reporting and the Live Life Well Incentive can be found at benefits.mt.gov/incentive.
The State Plan offers the incentive program to all plan members and their enrolled spouse/domestic partner. If you think you may be unable to meet a standard of the incentive program, you may qualify for an alternative program or different means to earn the incentive. You must contact the Health Care & Benefits Division (HCBD) as soon as possible at
We will maintain the privacy of your personally identifiable health information. Medical information that personally identifies you and that is provided through the incentive program will not be used to make decisions regarding your employment. Your health information shall only be disclosed to carry out specific activities related to the incentive program (such as responding to your request for a reasonable accommodation). You will not be asked or required to waive the confidentiality of your health information to participate or to receive an incentive. Anyone who receives your information for purposes of providing you services through the incentive program will abide by the same confidentiality requirements.
We securely maintain all electronically stored medical information we obtain through the incentive program and will take appropriate precautions to avoid a data breach. If a data breach does occur involving information you provided to us for the incentive program, we will notify you immediately. A copy of the Plan’s privacy notice is available on the HCBD website or by going to http://benefits.mt.gov/Portals/59/Documents/hipaa%20notice.pdf.
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