25.1101.02000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Schreiber-Beck, Mitskog
Senator Luick
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 65-05-07 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to benefits for adaptations to real estate and motor vehicles; and to
provide for application.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 5 of section 65-05-07 of the North Dakota Century
Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
5.a.Under this section, the organization may modify real estate and may provide for
adaptations and modifications to motor vehicles as follows:
a.In
(1)Except as provided in paragraph 3, in the case of an injured employee who
sustained a catastrophic injury, as defined in chapter 65-05.1, the
organization may pay an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand
dollarsone hundred fifty thousand dollars, adjusted annually effective
January first of each year after December 31, 2025, by the consumer price
index, to provide permanent additions, remodeling, or adaptations to real
estate it determines necessary. The dollar limit is for the life of the injured
employee, regardless of any subsequent claim. This subdivisionparagraph
does not allow the organization to purchase any real estate.
b.In
(2)Except as provided in paragraph 3, in the case of an injured employee who
sustained a catastrophic injury, as defined in chapter 65-05.1, the
organization may pay an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand
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dollarstwo hundred thousand dollars, adjusted annually effective January
first of each year after December 31, 2025, by the consumer price index, to
provide the most cost-effective, specially equipped motor vehicle or vehicle
adaptations the organization determines medically necessary. The
organization may establish factors to be used in determining whether a
specially equipped motor vehicle or adaptation is necessary. Under this
subdivisionparagraph, the organization may not pay for insurance of or
maintenance of the motor vehicle. Within the dollar limit and under this
subdivisionparagraph, the organization may pay for vehicle or adaptation
replacement purchases. The dollar limit is for the life of the injured
employee, regardless of any subsequent claim.
c.(3)In the case of an injured employee who has not sustained a catastrophic
injury, as defined in chapter 65-05.1, the organization may provide the
benefits under subdivisions a and bparagraphs 1 and 2 if the organization
determines the benefits would be cost-effective and appropriate because of
exceptional circumstances as determined by the organization.
b.For purposes of this subsection, "consumer price index" means the percentage
change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the midwest
region as determined by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor
statistics, for the most recent year ending December thirty-first. The organization
shall calculate the annual adjustments, rounded to the nearest five hundred
dollars, as soon as practicable at the end of each calendar year and apply the
adjusted amount retroactively to January first of the year.
SECTION 2. APPLICATION. This Act applies to qualifying expenditures made on or after
the effective date of this Act.
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