25.1366.01004
Title.03000
Adopted by the Human Services
Committee
Sixty-ninth
February 12, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Boschee, Bekkedahl, Dwyer
Representatives Dockter, Koppelman, Louser
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 26.1-47-02.1 of the North Dakota Century
Code, relating to preferred provider arrangements and restrictions on dental care services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 26.1-47-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is
amended and reenacted as follows:
26.1-47-02.1. Fees for dental services - Prohibition.
1.As used in this section, "covered services" means dental care services for which a
reimbursement is available under an enrollee's plan or for which a reimbursement
would be available but for the application of a deductible, copayment, coinsurance,
waiting period, annual or lifetime maximum, or frequency limitation.
2.Except for fees for covered services, a preferred provider arrangement for a dental
plan may not directly or indirectly set or otherwise regulate the fees charged by the
preferred provider for dental care services.
3.A preferred provider arrangement may not r estrict a covered person from receiving or
paying for covered services at the preferred provider arrangement's contracted rate as
described in this section for additional dental care services that were the covered
person's network plan denied due to annual, lifetime, or frequency limitations being
met prohibit the dental provider from collecting the amount owed from the patient for
that service or by the covered person's dental plan .
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