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ND HB1099
Bill
Status
3/21/2019
Primary Sponsor
Human Services Committee
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AI Summary
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Allows qualified service provider agency employees to administer routine medications in residential settings or private residences under supervision of a licensed registered nurse, contingent on department-approved training.
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Establishes "agency foster home for adults" as a new facility type providing foster care by professional staff to four or fewer unrelated adults, subject to licensing and criminal background investigation requirements.
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Modifies criminal history record investigation requirements for adult foster care facilities, allowing exceptions for fingerprinting based on continuous state residency (11 years or since age 18) or military service.
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Updates nursing practice exemptions under chapter 43-12.1-04 to permit qualified service provider agency employees meeting specified criteria to provide medications outside traditional healthcare settings.
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Implementation of agency foster homes and medication delegation provisions is contingent upon legislative appropriation; residential habilitation services also require specific appropriation in Senate Bill No. 2012.
Legislative Description
The delegation of administration of routine medications to a qualified service provider, agency foster homes for adults, criminal history record investigations, and the implementation of residential habilitation and community support services in a residential setting or private residence; and to provide for application.
Last Action
Signed by Governor 03/20
3/21/2019