25.1018.01000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives McLeod, Rios, Satrom, Schauer, Swiontek, Weisz, Karls, Wagner
Senators Lee, Dever, Hogan, Cleary
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 50-24.5-02 of the North Dakota Century Code,
relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 50-24.5-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is
amended and reenacted as follows:
50-24.5-02. Powers and duties of the department.
The department shall:
1.Administer aid to vulnerable aged, blind, and disabled persons and supervise and
direct human service zones in the administration of aid to vulnerable aged, blind, and
disabled persons.
2.Supplement, within the limits of legislative appropriation, the income of an eligible
beneficiary receiving necessary basic care services to the extent that the eligible
beneficiary lacks income sufficient to meet the cost of that care, provided at rates
determined by the department adjusted by the inflation rate for basic care services
used to develop the legislative appropriation for the department.
3.Pay qualified basic care providers at rates determined by the department, within the
limits of legislative appropriation.
4.Issue payment to basic care facilities for services provided to an eligible beneficiary.
5.Take action and give directions necessary to implement this chapter.
6.Provide a monthly personal needs allowance, to be reviewed and adjusted annually
based on inflation, in an amount no less than one hundred ten dollars.
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