25.1101.02001
Title.03000
Adopted by the Industry, Business and
Labor Committee
Sixty-ninth
February 12, 2025
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 subdivision c , 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
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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1423
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
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(2) Except as provided in paragraph 3 subdivision c , 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
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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