21.0567.02000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2205
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Clemens, Hogan, Meyer
Representatives Damschen, Martinson, 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 medical assistance coverage of interpreter services.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
5 and enacted as follows:
6 Interpreter services.
7 Medical assistance coverage, including Medicaid Expansion, must include for payment for
8 sign and oral language interpreter services for assistance in providing covered health care
9 services to a recipient of medical assistance who has limited English proficiency or who has
10 hearing loss and uses interpreting services. The department shall adopt rules to implement this
11 section.
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