25.8088.01000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2078
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Human Services Committee
(At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 25-01.1-07, 25-02-01.1, and 25-02-03 of the
2 North Dakota Century Code, relating to the North Dakota state hospital.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 25-01.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 25-01.1-07. Rules or policies for procedure and administration of institutions.
7 The supervising department shall make all necessary rules or policies for its own procedure
8 and for the general administration, supervision, and management of the institutions under its
9 control and management.
10 SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 25-02-01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is
11 amended and reenacted as follows:
12 25-02-01.1. Maintenance of state hospital accreditation - Governing body
13 membership - Rulemaking authorityAuthority.
14 1. The department of health and human services shall seek appropriations and
15 resources sufficient to ensure maintenance of the state hospital's accreditation by the
16 joint commission and certification by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services
17 or by similar accrediting and certifying organizations and agencies possessing hospital
18 standards recognized by the health care industry and accepted by the department.
19 2. The department, in consultation with the state hospital, shall create a state hospital
20 governing body and shall by rules, policies, or bylaws describe the powers and duties
21 of the governing body. The department shall compensate members not employed by
22 the department in the amount of one hundred dollars per day and reimburse members
23 for expenses incurred in attending meetings in the amounts provided by sections
24 44-08-04 and 54-06-09.
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1 3. The governing body must be composed of the commissioner of the department of
2 health and human services or designee; the director of the division of behavioral
3 health of the department or designee, who shall serve as chairman of the governing
4 body; the state hospital superintendent; the state hospital medical director; a
5 representative of the department's fiscal administration division; a behavioral health
6 consumer selected by the mental health association; and a legislator selected by the
7 legislative management. The governing body may include other persons as appointed
8 by the governing body.
9 SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Section 25-02-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is
10 amended and reenacted as follows:
11 25-02-03. Object of state hospital.
12 The state hospital is an institution for mental diseases serving specialized populations of
13 individuals with severe mental illness, including individuals with a substance use disorder. The
14 state hospital is one component of the North Dakota mental health delivery system and serves
15 as a resource to community-based treatment programs. The state hospital shall, pursuant to
16 rules or policies adopted by the department of health and human services, receive and care for
17 all eligible individuals with severe mental illness, including individuals with a substance use
18 disorder, residing within this state in accordance with this title, and may furnish to those
19 individuals all needed food, shelter, treatment, and support.
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Statutes affected:
PREFILED: 25-01.1-07, 25-02-01.1, 25-02-03