Senate Bill 2012 Summary

• Appropriates $5.31 billion total ($1.93 billion from general fund) to the Department of Health and Human Services for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, covering management, programs, field services, and county social services.

• Establishes a North Dakota legislative health care task force with specific membership requirements to understand and create transparency around health care costs, meet quarterly, and submit annual reports to legislative management.

• Repeals the autism voucher program (section 50-06-32.1) effective January 1, 2024, and expands the Medicaid waiver for in-home services to children up to age 18 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

• Modifies Medicaid expansion program payment rates, basic care facility payment procedures, children's health insurance program eligibility limits, and substance use disorder treatment voucher system rules.

• Includes directives for legislative management studies on early childhood programs, social work licensure compacts, Medicaid provider reimbursement arrangements, and intermediate care facility rates.