Last December, Billings nurse Amy Young returned to Montana after spending roughly two months in an inpatient addiction treatment center in Georgia. The 50-year-old mother of three was sober and ready to rebuild her life after relapsing with methamphetamine earlier that year, members of her family recall. She had a recovery plan and wanted to turn a new leaf.

But soon after she arrived in Montana, family members said the state’s Board of Nursing notified Young that it would be suspending her license for at least a year based on her prior relapse. To regain the ability to practice, licensing records show, Young needed to remain in full compliance with the rigorous terms set by the Montana Recovery Program . The state-contracted program, operated by the Virginia-based company Maximus, Inc

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