North Dakota bill requires four regional long-term care networks and out-of-state funding options for ventilator and psychiatric patients

Original title: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to long-term care services for patients with ventilator or psychiatric needs.

Last action · February 6, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 5 nays 41Sponsors: Tim Mathern and 4 others

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What This Bill Proposed

The state department is required to establish four service regions and contract with regional providers to deliver long-term care for individuals with ventilator or psychiatric needs, with provisions to cover out-of-state care and facility cost reimbursements.

Why it matters

Changes funding and placement mechanisms for patients requiring specialized ventilator or psychiatric long-term care by authorizing regional contracts, cross-state collaboration, and cost-matching for in-state facilities serving patients previously displaced out-of-state.

Who It Would Have Affected

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Directly affected

individuals with ventilator or psychiatric needs

Patients receive coordinated regional long-term care services or funding provisions for out-of-state care.

Directly affected

long-term care facility

Facilities become eligible to receive additional funding equivalent to out-of-state care costs upon providing required patient documentation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many service regions must the department establish?

The department must establish four service regions in the state for long-term care services.

What happens if the department cannot contract with an in-state provider?

If unable to contract with an entity locally, the department must pay the costs of providing care at a in another state.

What qualifies an in-state long-term care facility for additional funding?

A facility qualifies if it provides documentation that a patient currently in its care has ventilator or psychiatric needs and received services at an out-of-state facility in the previous year.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.

Procedural history

4 actions

Feb 6, 2025Senate
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 5 nays 41
Feb 5, 2025SenateCommittee
Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
Jan 27, 2025SenateCommittee
Committee Hearing 10:45
Jan 20, 2025SenateIntroduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee

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