New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program
Program Eligibility
- Open to new Legislators and their covered spouse/domestic partner who will be enrolling in State of Montana employee benefits (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision) once sworn into office.
- Must enroll on the State of Montana Benefit Plan (State Plan) effective January 6, 2025.
- All activities must be completed and submitted by December 31, 2024.
New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive
Earn $30 per month off your State Plan contribution for 2025. Earn an additional $30 per month off your State Plan contribution if your covered spouse/domestic partner also completes the program.
To earn the 2025 New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive:
- Contact Health Care & Benefits Division (HCBD)– Call
(800) 274-8266 - Complete a State-sponsored Health Screening – Complete a State-sponsored Health Screening with Premise Health by December 31, 2024.
- Self-report Nicotine Free Status – Self-report that you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner are nicotine free or have completed an eligible alternative by December 31, 2024, using the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program Form.
- Self-report Completion of an Eligible Provider Visit – Self-report that you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner have completed an Eligible Provider Visit by December 31, 2024, using the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program Form.
- Complete the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program Form – Complete and return the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program Form to HCBD using the contact information on the form. If a spouse or domestic partner who will be covered on the State Plan would also like to earn the Incentive, they must complete and return their own form.
Steps 1-5 must be completed by December 31, 2024, to earn an incentive for 2025.
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 first contacted HCBD (see #1 above) because you will not be an active State Plan member until January 6, 2025.
- Please call
(800) 274-8266 - HCBD will connect you with a Premise Health representative who will create a My Premise Health account and schedule a State-sponsored Health Screening appointment for you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner.
- You may also get a flu and/or COVID vaccine at the same time as your State-sponsored Health Screening.
- Your State-sponsored Health Screening will take place at a Montana Health Center location (Anaconda, Billings, Butte, Helena, or Missoula).
- Please call
- Nicotine Free Status – You must self-report that you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner are nicotine free, or if you are not nicotine free that you have completed an eligible nicotine free alternative, using the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program Form. If you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner, use nicotine there are two eligible alternative activities that may be completed to still qualify for the Nicotine Free step of the Incentive. Visit benefits.mt.gov/nicotinefree for details.
- Eligible Provider Visit – You must self-report that you and/or your covered spouse/domestic partner have completed an Eligible Provider Visit using the New Legislator Live Life Well Incentive Program Form. You can self-report any Eligible Provider Visit you completed between November 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024. Please note that this is not the same as a State-sponsored Health Screening.
- Since you are not yet on the State Plan, you may not use the Montana Health Centers for your Eligible Provider Visit. Once you are on the plan, you may use the full array of Health Center services including provider visits. See "Note," below.
NOTE: Montana Health Center Services – Your 2024 registration with Premise Health only qualifies you and your spouse/domestic partner to use a Montana Health Center for a State-sponsored Health Screening and a flu and/or COVID vaccine. When you enroll in the State Plan, your coverage will take effect January 6, 2025, at which time you will have full access to the Montana Health Centers and their services including provider visits. Montana Health Centers have physical locations in Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Billings, and Missoula and 24/7 telehealth, virtual (video), or in-person options for appointments, depending on your needs.
2026 Incentive Program
- If you complete all five steps (see previous) by December 31, 2024, you will earn the Live Life Well Incentive for 2025.
- To earn an incentive for 2026, between January 1, 2025, and October 31, 2025, you must repeat the 3 Live Life Well Incentive Activities.
- 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 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 https://benefits.mt.gov/_docs/Resources/Notice-of-Privacy-Practices-10.2024.pdf.