North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota House Bill HB1433 Compare Versions

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2	2	Sixty-ninth
3	3	Legislative Assembly
4	4	of North Dakota
5	5	Introduced by
6	6	Representatives Dobervich, Conmy, Davis, Mitskog, Schneider, Warrey
7	7	Senators Boschee, Dever, Erbele
8	8	A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota
9	9	Century Code, relating to the creation of the dementia response program; and to provide an
10	10	appropriation.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
12	12	SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
13	13	and enacted as follows:
14	14	Dementia response program.
15	15	The department shall establish a dementia response program to be administered by a state
16	16	dementia coordinator. The dementia response program shall:
17	17	1.Implement an Alzheimer's and dementia state plan;
18	18	2.Update the Alzheimer's and dementia state plan every three years by convening a
19	19	work group that includes:
20	20	a.Individuals living with dementia;
21	21	b.Care partners and family members of individuals living with dementia;
22	22	c.Representatives of home and facility - based care professionals;
23	23	d.Representatives of the medical profession with experience in diagnosing and
24	24	treating Alzheimer's and dementia;
25	25	e.A representative of a leading national organization that advocates on behalf of
26	26	individuals living with Alzheimer's or dementia; and
27	27	f.A representative of an organization that advocates for older adults;
28	28	3.Collect and disseminate Alzheimer's and dementia data through the use of data
29	29	collected by the state and use of the behavioral risk factor surveillance system,
30	30	including caregiver and cognitive decline models, on a rotating basis; and
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59	59	stigma, encourage risk reduction activity, and emphasize the importance of early
60	60	detection and diagnosis.
61	61	SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -
62	62	DEMENTIA RESPONSE PROGRAM - FULL -TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION. There is
63	63	appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise
64	64	appropriated, the sum of $250,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
65	65	department of health and human services for the purpose of administering the dementia
66	66	response program, the behavioral risk factor surveillance models, and for a full-time equivalent
67	67	position to administer the program as the state dementia coordinator, for the biennium
68	68	beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
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