STATE HEALTH COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES PILOT PROJECTS

North Dakota Century Code Section 23-01-04.3 (a copy of which is attached) authorizes the State Health Council to approve alternative health care services pilot projects. The State Health Council may approve no more than three separate projects that would be operating at the same time and no project may continue for more than five years.

The section provides that upon an application to conduct an alternative health care services pilot project in a city, township, or other geographical area of the state in which health care needs are not being adequately met, the State Health Council shall:

1. Schedule a public hearing.
2. Send notice to all interested parties.
3. Give public notice of the hearing by publication in the official newspaper of each county in the pilot project area.

If approved, the State Health Council shall set the standards for the delivery of services by the pilot project; however, the standards may not adversely affect the state's participation in federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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