21.0201.01000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1317
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representative Hoverson
1 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to providing financial assistance for costs associated with a pregnancy
3 that results in an adoption of a newborn.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
6 and enacted as follows:
7 Financial assistance for costs associated with pregnancy resulting in adoption.
8 1. The department shall develop a program to provide financial assistance to individuals
9 for costs associated with a pregnancy that results in an adoption of a newborn.
10 2. Financial assistance under the program must include:
11 a. The payment of medical expenses incurred for the labor and delivery of a child
12 adopted as a newborn.
13 b. The payment of reasonable fees directly incurred by a married couple who are
14 members of the opposite sex for an adoption of a newborn which occurs under
15 subdivision a.
16 3. To receive financial assistance under this section, the individual must be a resident of
17 the state.
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