ND SB2241

State Department of Health shall establish and administer an autism spectrum disorder database to track all reported cases and enable epidemiologic surveys, research, and service provision.

Reporters must be a physician, psychologist, or other licensed/certified health care professional qualified by training and licensure to diagnose autism spectrum disorder.

Database must include diagnoses under the most recent American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and indicate whether a complete physical evaluation was performed.

Health Council shall adopt rules requiring mandatory reporting with timeliness requirements; reporters may decline to provide mandatory fields by filing an articulable rationale, with violations subject to civil fees not exceeding $100 per occurrence.

Department shall keep database records confidential and may share de-identified records with other state agencies without personally identifiable information, with receiving agencies required to maintain confidentiality.