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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE BILL NO. 1612
4-(Representatives Bahl, K. Anderson, O'Brien, Schreiber-Beck, Stemen)
5-(Senators Axtman, Cory, Meyer)
6-AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating
7-to the establishment of the North Dakota center for aerospace medicine for mental health
8-support and certification assistance; and to provide an appropriation.
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2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Representatives Bahl, K. Anderson, O'Brien, Schreiber-Beck, Stemen
7+Senators Axtman, Cory, Meyer
8+A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota
9+Century Code, relating to the establishment of the North Dakota center for aerospace medicine
10+for mental health support and certification assistance; and to provide an appropriation.
911 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
10-SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
11-enacted as follows:
12+SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
13+and enacted as follows:
1214 North Dakota center for aerospace medicine.
13-1.The university of North Dakota with the school of medicine and health sciences shall establish
14-the North Dakota center for aerospace medicine under the John D. Odegard school of
15-aerospace sciences.
15+1.The university of North Dakota with the school of medicine and health sciences shall
16+establish the North Dakota center for aerospace medicine under the John D. Odegard
17+school of aerospace sciences.
1618 2.The North Dakota center for aerospace medicine shall:
17-a.Provide mental health resources and assistance to obtain medical certification from the
18-federal aviation administration to flight students, pilots, and aviation professionals in the
19-fields of commercial aviation, unmanned aircraft systems, and air traffic control;
19+a.Provide mental health resources and assistance to obtain medical certification
20+from the federal aviation administration to flight students, pilots, and aviation
21+professionals in the fields of commercial aviation, unmanned aircraft systems,
22+and air traffic control;
2023 b.Cooperate with the federal aviation administration office of aerospace medicine;
21-c.Support access, including rural access, to mental health resources, aviation medical
22-examiners, and human intervention motivational study aviation medical examiners;
23-d.Provide support to assist aviation medical examiners, human intervention motivational
24-study aviation medical examiners, and applicants with federal aviation administration
25-requirements;
26-e.Facilitate collaboration between research initiatives across the state related to aviation
27-and space medicine; and
24+c.Support access, including rural access, to mental health resources, aviation
25+medical examiners, and human intervention motivational study aviation medical
26+examiners;
27+d.Provide support to assist aviation medical examiners, human intervention
28+motivational study aviation medical examiners, and applicants with federal
29+aviation administration requirements;
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31+ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1612
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2960 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA - NORTH DAKOTA
30-CENTER FOR AEROSPACE MEDICINE - ONE -TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of any
31-moneys in the community health trust fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
32-$250,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, and from other funds derived from federal
33-funds or other sources, the sum of $250,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
34-university of North Dakota for the purpose of planning, developing, establishing, and operating the
35-North Dakota center for aerospace medicine, including personnel recruitment and salaries, facility and
36-assessment material costs, professional development and training, education and outreach, and initial
37-research funding, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The
38-appropriation provided in this section is considered a one-time funding item. H. B. NO. 1612 - PAGE 2
39-____________________________ ____________________________
40-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
41-____________________________ ____________________________
42-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
43-This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
44-Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1612.
45-House Vote: Yeas 82 Nays 10 Absent 2
46-Senate Vote:Yeas 39 Nays 7 Absent 1
47-____________________________
48-Chief Clerk of the House
49-Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
50-Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
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52-Governor
53-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
54-at ________ o’clock ________M.
55-____________________________
56-Secretary of State
61+CENTER FOR AEROSPACE MEDICINE - ONE -TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of
62+any moneys in the community health trust fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated,
63+the sum of $250,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, and from other funds
64+derived from federal funds or other sources, the sum of $250,000, or so much of the sum as
65+may be necessary, to the university of North Dakota for the purpose of planning, developing,
66+establishing, and operating the North Dakota center for aerospace medicine, including
67+personnel recruitment and salaries, facility and assessment material costs, professional
68+development and training, education and outreach, and initial research funding, for the
69+biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The appropriation provided in this
70+section is considered a one-time funding item.
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