23.0220.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1110
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representative M. Ruby
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 50-06-32.1 of the North Dakota Century Code,
2 relating to the autism spectrum disorder voucher program pilot project.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 50-06-32.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 50-06-32.1. Autism spectrum disorder voucher program pilot project - Legislative
7 management report - Appeal.
8 1. The department shall establish a voucher program pilot project beginning July 1, 2014,
9 to assist in funding equipment and general educational needs related to autism
10 spectrum disorder for individuals below two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty
11 level from age three to under age eighteen who have been diagnosed with autism
12 spectrum disorder. The program may include funding for assistive technology; video
13 modeling videos or equipment; language-generating devices; training and educational
14 material for parents; parenting education; sensory equipment; tutors; safety
15 equipment; travel tools; self-care equipment; timers; visual representation systems;
16 respite care; specialized day care; language comprehension equipment; and
17 registration and related expenses for workshops and training to improve independent
18 living skills, employment opportunities, and other executive or social skills.
19 2. The department shall adopt rules addressing management of this voucher program
20 pilot project and establishing the eligibility requirements and exclusions for this
21 voucher program pilot project. The program may not provide a voucher for early
22 intensive behavioral intervention, including applied behavioral analysis, intensive early
23 interventional behavioral therapy, intensive behavioral intervention, the Lovaas
24 method, the Denver model, LEAP (learning experiences - an alternative program for
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1 preschoolers and parents), TEACCH (treatment and education of autistic and related
2 communication handicapped children), pivotal response training, or discrete trial
3 training.
4 3. A decision on a voucher application which is issued by the department under this
5 section may be appealed as provided under chapter 28-32.
6 4. The department shall report to the legislative management regarding the autism
7 spectrum disorder program pilot project.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 50-06-32.1
PREFILED: 50-06-32.1