SB149

Montana SB149 revises laws on emotional support animals, requiring health care practitioner verification and prohibiting reliance on registration.

Montana SB149 revises laws related to emotional support animals, requiring health care practitioners to verify a tenant's need for such animals. The bill defines "emotional support animal" as one providing emotional, cognitive, or similar support to an individual with a disability, without needing training or certification. It prohibits landlords from requesting disability diagnosis or severity, but allows them to ask for supporting information from health care practitioners. Emotional support animal registration alone is insufficient to establish a disability-related need.