NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
BUDGET COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Roughrider Room, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
| 9:00 a.m. | Call to order Roll call Consideration of minutes of previous meeting |
HUMAN SERVICE CENTER STUDY |
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| 9:05 a.m. | Presentation by the Legislative Council staff of a memorandum comparing human service center information and statistics |
| 9:30 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department
of Human Services regarding:
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| 10:40 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of Dakota Boys Ranch regarding reasons for the increasing number of children in foster care and services provided by the organization |
| 11:00 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Attorney General's office regarding the seizure and disposition of assets of drug offenders |
| 11:30 a.m. | Comments by other interested persons regarding the committee's study of human service center services |
| 11:45 a.m. | Committee discussion and recommendations regarding the human service center study |
| 12:00 noon | Luncheon recess |
STUDY OF HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Presentation by the Legislative Council staff of a bill draft requiring legislative approval of any Indian gaming compact negotiated by the Governor and an Indian tribe |
| 2:00 p.m. | Testimony from other interested persons regarding the proposed bill draft |
| 2:15 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Supreme Court's Committee on Tribal and State Court Affairs on issues relating to recognition of child support enforcement orders on Indian reservations |
| 2:45 p.m. | Comments by other interested persons regarding the committee's study of the administrative costs of human services programs |
| 3:00 p.m. | Committee discussion and recommendations regarding the proposed bill draft and the human services program administrative cost study |
CHILDREN'S SERVICES COORDINATING COMMITTEE REPORT |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Children's Services Coordinating Committee on the status of "refinancing" funds generated and the uses of the funds for the 2003-05 biennium to date and on the future role of the Children's Services Coordinating Committee and regional and tribal children's services coordinating committees |
| 3:45 p.m. | Comments by other interested persons regarding the use of "refinancing" funds |
| 4:00 p.m. | Committee discussion and recommendations |
| 4:15 p.m. | Committee discussion and staff directives, including a motion to prepare the committee's final report for presentation to the Legislative Council |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
