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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Senate Bill 2190 Modifies Medical Assistance Coverage for Behavioral Analysis and Dental Services
Last action · March 28, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 14 nays 78Sponsors: Judy Lee and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 2190 amends North Dakota medical assistance provisions to specify coverage requirements for family adaptive behavioral treatment, dental screenings, case management, teledentistry, and , while excluding these services from .
Changes statutory requirements for medical assistance service coverage by explicitly defining covered behavioral and dental care categories and excluding them from the state's program, affecting program eligibility and service availability for participating residents.
- Senate Bill 2190 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota in the 2025 session. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Medical assistance beneficiaries
Medical assistance beneficiaries receive explicit statutory coverage requirements for family adaptive behavioral treatment, dental screenings, case management, teledentistry, and applied behavioral analysis, with an exclusion for those under Medicaid expansion.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder receive mandated medical assistance coverage for applied behavioral analysis across their lifespan.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What new services are explicitly mandated for medical assistance coverage under the bill?
Do these medical assistance benefits apply to Medicaid expansion participants?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
12 actions- Mar 28, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 14 nays 78
- Mar 25, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 4 3
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:45
- Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
- Feb 10, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Feb 7, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
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- Feb 6, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0
- Feb 5, 2025SenateRereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 5, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Feb 4, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0
- Jan 20, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:00
- Jan 16, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
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Exclusion of Specific Medical Benefits from Medicaid Expansion
The bill explicitly carves out newly mandated dental and behavioral services from applying to the state's Medicaid expansion population.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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