23.0653.03000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2265
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Hogan, Lee
Representatives Dobervich, Strinden
1 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to a dual special needs plan for Medicaid; and to provide an
3 appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
6 and enacted as follows:
7 Dual special needs plan.
8 By January 1, 2025, the department shall implement at least one dual special needs plan
9 for Medicare and Medicaid dual-eligible Medicaid recipients. The department shall establish
10 standards for care coordination services the dual special needs plan must provide to recipients.
11 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general
12 fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $356,269, or so much of the
13 sum as may be necessary, to the department of health and human services for the purpose of
14 funding full-time equivalent positions to implement the Medicaid dual special needs plan, for the
15 biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025. The department is authorized one
16 and one-half full-time equivalent positions to coordinate the planning and implementation of the
17 Medicaid dual special needs plan.
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