ND HB1413

Directs legislative management to study the impact of third-party payments and accumulator adjustment programs on North Dakota patients' out-of-pocket costs, medication adherence, and health care system costs during the 2023-24 interim.

Requires assessment of health benefit participants' usage and prevalence of third-party payments in North Dakota.

Mandates review of data from states with accumulator adjustment program bans since 2019 and solicitation of input from all relevant health care industry stakeholders.

Requires legislative management to report findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the sixty-ninth legislative assembly.

Passed with strong bipartisan support: House vote 89-2 (3 absent), Senate vote 44-2 (1 absent).