25.0993.05000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Dobervich, K. Anderson, Brown, Finley-DeVille, Hager, Hanson, Rohr,
Steiner
Senators Hogan, Mathern
A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study relating to maternal care
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - MATERNAL CARE SERVICES.
1.During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying
maternal care services. The study must include:
a.An analysis of the availability of medical and nonmedical prenatal services in the
state by community and geographic service area, and the utilization rate of each;
b.A review of childbirth service availability, including in-home and health care
facility-based services, and the number of obstetrician-gynecologists and family
practitioners routinely delivering babies by geographic service area;
c.A review of prenatal, childbirth, and postnatal services covered by public
assistance, private insurance, and pregnancy resource centers, including an
analysis of funding, program evaluation, and outcomes;
d.Consideration of previous studies related to maternal care services;
e.Consideration of maternal care resource and asset maps, service gaps,
evidence-based or innovative pilot project solutions for resolving service gaps,
and approaches for increasing the use of prenatal and postnatal care services
and programs;
f.An evaluation of ways to increase the number of obstetrician-gynecologists and
family practitioners practicing in the state;
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g.Exploration of processes for certifying, training, and reimbursing doula and
midwife services;
h.Consideration of public assistance and private insurance policy opportunities to
improve maternal and infant health outcomes; and
i.Input and consultation from key stakeholders, including:
(1)The university of North Dakota school of medicine and health sciences;
(2)The North Dakota maternal mortality review committee;
(3)The infant mortality review panel;
(4)The foundation for a healthy North Dakota;
(5)Doulas, midwives, and home-based service providers practicing in the state;
(6)The North American college of obstetricians and gynecology;
(7)The North Dakota medical association;
(8)The women, infants, and children program; and
(9)North Dakota health tracks.
2.The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together
with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth
legislative assembly.
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