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| 1 | - | 25.1018.04000 | |
| 1 | + | 25.1018.02001 | |
| 2 | + | Title.03000 | |
| 3 | + | Adopted by the Senate Human Services | |
| 4 | + | Committee | |
| 2 | 5 | Sixty-ninth | |
| 6 | + | March 17, 2025 | |
| 3 | 7 | Legislative Assembly | |
| 4 | 8 | of North Dakota | |
| 5 | 9 | Introduced by | |
| 6 | 10 | Representatives McLeod, Rios, Satrom, Schauer, Swiontek, Weisz, Karls, Wagner | |
| 7 | 11 | Senators Lee, Dever, Hogan, Cleary | |
| 8 | 12 | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 50-24.1-02.6 of the North Dakota Century | |
| 9 | - | Code, relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries; and to provide | |
| 10 | - | for an increase in the personal monthly needs allowance. | |
| 13 | + | Code, relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries. | |
| 11 | 14 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: | |
| 12 | 15 | SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 50-24.1-02.6 of the North Dakota Century Code is | |
| 13 | 16 | amended and reenacted as follows: | |
| 14 | 17 | 50-24.1-02.6. Medical assistance benefits - Eligibility criteria. | |
| 15 | 18 | 1.The department shall provide medical assistance benefits to otherwise eligible | |
| 16 | 19 | persons who are medically needy persons who have countable income that does not | |
| 17 | 20 | exceed an amount determined under subsection 2. | |
| 18 | 21 | 2.The department shall establish an income level for medically needy persons at an | |
| 19 | 22 | amount no less than required by federal law. | |
| 20 | 23 | 3.The department shall provide medical assistance benefits to children and families | |
| 21 | 24 | coverage groups and pregnant women without consideration of assets. | |
| 22 | 25 | 4.The department shall provide medical assistance benefits to otherwise eligible | |
| 23 | 26 | pregnant women who are lawfully present in the United States. | |
| 24 | 27 | 5.The department may require, as a condition of eligibility, individuals eligible for | |
| 25 | 28 | Medicare part A, B, or D to apply for such coverage. | |
| 26 | 29 | 6.The department shall provide a personal monthly needs allowance, to be reviewed | |
| 27 | - | and adjusted annually based on inflation . | |
| 28 | - | SECTION 2. PERSONAL MONTHLY NEEDS ALLOWANCE INCREASE. The department | |
| 29 | - | of health and human services shall increase the personal monthly needs allowance by fifteen | |
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| 30 | + | and adjusted annually based on inflation, in an amount not less than one hundred | |
| 31 | + | ten one hundred fifty dollars. | |
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| 31 | 33 | ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1485 | |
| 32 | 34 | FIRST ENGROSSMENT | |
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| 55 | - | 22 Sixty-ninth | |
| 56 | - | Legislative Assembly | |
| 57 | - | dollars for an individual covered under section 50-24.1-02.6, for the biennium beginning July 1, | |
| 58 | - | 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. | |
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