This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records, RS 495. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.

The Department of Health and Human Services, Addictive and Mental Disorders Division records are composed of the general correspondence of workers within the division; miscellaneous correspondence consisting of letters received by the governor of Montana regarding matters relevant to the division, as well as his replying correspondence; attendance reports from mental health institutions; and subject files. Within the collection are also the records of the Managed Care Bureau, which is part of the Addictive and Mental Disorders Division. The Managed Care Bureau records include case files consisting of drafts of and responses to the department’s Managed Mental Health Access Plan and the Managed Care Request for Proposals, and the records of the Mental Health Managed Care Advisory Group and the Mental Health Access Plan Advisory Group; and subject files pertaining to the mental health care system of Montana. Finally, the third subgroup in the collection consists of case files pertaining to the Montana State Hospital campus redesign initiative that took place in the 1990s.