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SB 2081 North Dakota Senate · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.4-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to geropsychiatric facilities.

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Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 31, 2025
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What changed between versions

FIRST ENGROSSMENT → Enrollment · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill amends North Dakota law to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to select skilled nursing homes to operate specialized geropsychiatric units. It establishes admission criteria requiring both nursing home and psychiatric behavioral health evaluations, prioritizes state hospital patients, and prohibits state hospitals from creating their own exclusive geropsychiatric units.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of geropsychiatric care by allowing the state to designate specific skilled nursing homes as geropsychiatric units, whereas previously the state hospital was the only entity mentioned for such services.
SCOPE

Allows the Department of Health and Human Services to select one or more skilled nursing homes to operate exclusive geropsychiatric units.

ELIGIBILITY

Requires dual evaluation for admission: state hospital must assess need for nursing home geropsychiatric services, and a practicing professional must determine the individual meets skilled nursing criteria and needs psychiatric behavioral health services.

REQUIREMENT

Establishes that admissions from the state hospital receive first priority for geropsychiatric unit placement.

Allows the department to select additional geropsychiatric units based on facility experience, qualifications, and capacity if current units are insufficient.

Prohibits the state hospital from offering geropsychiatric services through a unit set up exclusively for those services.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 16, 2025 · House Mar 21, 2025

How they voted

47–0
Passed
Total votes 47
Jan 16, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican42
42 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31
legislature
Mar 31, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 03/27
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 1
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 0 3
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 02:30
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 01:00
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.