2021-2022 Regular SessionNorth Dakota Legislature

1247: Merging of the state department of health and the department of human services; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.

Legislative Summary

AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 4.1-26-20, sections 5-01-08 and 6-03-76, subsection 8 of section 6-08.1-03, sections 6-08.5-02 and 6-08.5-03, subsection 2 of section 6-09.15-01, section 10-04-08.5, subsection 16 of section 11-16-01, subdivision n of subsection 5 of section 11-19.1-01, subsection 2 of section 11-19.1-07, subsection 2 of section 11-19.1-16, subsection 2 of section 11-23-01, subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 12-44.1-28, subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 12-44.1-29, subsection 5 of section 12-47-36, section 12-52-02, subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subsection 5 of section 12-60-26, subsection 26 of section 12.1-01-04, subsection 4 of section 12.1-20-24, subsection 16 of section 12.1-32-15, subsection 4 of section 12.1-41-17, section 13-05-02.2, subsection 8 of section 14-02.1-02, sections 14-02.1-02.1 and 14-02.1-02.2, subsection 4 of section 14-02.1-03.4, sections 14-02.1-07, 14-02.1-07.1, 14-02.1-09, 14-07.1-01, and 14-07.1-17, subdivision f of subsection 2 of section 14-07.1-20, section 14-09-08.21, subsection 1 of section 14-09-09.7, subsection 4 of section 14-09-09.10, sections 14-09-09.31, 14-09-12, and 14-10-05, subsection 2 of section 14-12.2-02, subsection 1 of section 14-12.2-22, sections 14-12.2-47.3 and 14-12.2-47.4, subsection 4 of section 14-12.2-47.5, subdivision b of subsection 3 of section 14-12.2-47.8, section 14-13-03, subsection 6 of section 14-15-01, subsection 4 of section 14-15.1-01, sections 14-19-01 and 14-19-05, subdivision d of subsection 1 of section 14-19-06, section 14-19-08, subsection 3 of section 14-19-12, paragraph 1 of subdivision d of subsection 1 of section 14-20-10, subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 14-20-12, subsection 3 of section 14-20-14, sections 14-20-15, 14-20-16, 14-20-18, and 14-20-19, subsection 1 of section 14-20-22, sections 14-20-23, 14-20-24, 14-20-57, and 15-05-16, subsection 2 of section 15-52-03, section 15.1-02-19, subsection 3 of section 15.1-24-01, sections 15.1-32-03, 15.1-32-05, and 15.1-32-19, subsection 2 of section 15.1-34-01, section 15.1-34-04, subsection 1 of section 15.1-37-02, sections 18-01-03.1 and 18-01-03.2, subsection 1 of section 19-01-01, section 19-01-07, subsection 6 of section 19-02.1-01, section 19-02.1-07, subsection 5 of section 19-02.1-10, section 19-02.1-10.1, subsection 2 of section 19-02.1-16, subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-17, subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-45, subdivision e of subsection 3 of section 19-03.5-03, subdivision e of subsection 2 of section 19-03.5-07, sections 19-05.1-05, 19-06.1-05, and 19-17-05, subsection 3 of section 19-21-01, subsection 16 of section 19-24.1-01, subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 19-24.1-14, subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 19-24.1-15, subsection 3 of section 19-24.1-24, subdivision e of subsection 2 of section 19-24.1-33, sections 19-24.1-36 and 20.1-01-26.1, subsection 4 of section 20.1-03-04, sections 23-01-01, 23-01-01.1, and 23-01-03, subsection 1 of section 23-01-03.1, subsection 1 of section 23-01-03.3, sections 23-01-04, 23-01-05, 23-01-05.1, 23-01-05.2, 23-01-05.3, 23-01-05.4, 23-01-06, 23-01-08, 23-01-10, 23-01-11, 23-01-14, 23-01-15, 23-01-16, 23-01-22, 23-01-24, 23-01-25, 23-01-26, 23-01-27, 23-01-28, 23-01-29, 23-01-32, 23-01-33, 23-01-34, 23-01-35, and 23-01-37, subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 23-01-39, sections 23-01-40 and 23-01-41, paragraph 1 of subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 23-01-42, sections 23-01-44 and 23-01.2-01, subsection 2 of section 23-01.2-03, section 23-01.2-04, subsection 8 of section 23-01.3-01, sections 23-01.3-08, 23-02.1-01, 23-02.1-02, 23-02.1-03, and 23-02.1-04, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 23-02.1-05, sections 23-02.1-11, 23-02.1-13, 23-02.1-15, and 23-02.1-16, subsection 2 of section 23-02.1-17, subsection 4 of section 23-02.1-18, sections 23-02.1-19, 23-02.1-20, 23-02.1-20.1, 23-02.1-22, and 23-02.1-25, subsections 6 and 7 of section 23-02.1-27, subsection 3 of section 23-02.1-28, section 23-02.1-29, subsection 3 of section 23-02.1-30, subsection 6 of section 23-06-03, subsection 1 of section 23-06-04, sections 23-06-07, 23-06-20, 23-06-21, 23-06-22, and 23-06-23, subsection 7 of section 23-06-27, section 23-06-30, subsection 1 of section 23-06.6-19, sections 23-07-01, 23-07-01.1, 23-07-02, 23-07-02.1, and 23-07-02.2, subsection 3 of section 23-07-02.3, sections 23-07-03 and 23-07-05, subsection 2 of section 23-07-07.5, sections 23-07-07.6, 23-07-15, 23-07-17.1, and 23-07-21, subsection 2 of section 23-07.1-01.1, sections 23-07.1-04, 23-07.1-14, 23-07.2-02, 23-07.2-03, and 23-07.2-04, subsection 4 of section 23-07.4-01, subsection 3 of section 23-07.4-02, section 23-07.6-04, subsection 3 of section 23-07.7-02, subsection 4 of section 23-09-01, section 23-09-02, subsection 2 of section 23-09.1-01, section 23-09.1-02, subsection 1 of section 23-09.2-01, subsection 2 of section 23-09.3-01, sections 23-09.3-01.1 and 23-09.3-05.1, subsection 2 of section 23-09.4-01, subsection 9 of section 23-09.5-02, subsection 2 of section 23-10-01, subsection 11 of section 23-12-09, subdivision a of subsection 3 of section 23-12-10, subsection 1 of section 23-12-10.2, subsection 2 of section 23-12-10.4, subsection 2 of section 23-12-17, section 23-16-01, subsection 6 of section 23-16-01.1, sections 23-16-03, 23-16-04, 23-16-05, 23-16-06, 23-16-08, and 23-16-09, subsection 2 of section 23-16-11, section 23-16-12, subsection 1 of section 23-16.1-01, section 23-17-08, subsection 2 of section 23-17.3-01, sections 23-17.3-08 and 23-17.3-10, subsection 2 of section 23-17.4-01, sections 23-21-16 and 23-21.1-02.1, subsection 1 of section 23-21.1-03, sections 23-23-03 and 23-27-01, subsection 1 of section 23-27-02, section 23-27-03, subsection 1 of section 23-27-04, sections 23-27-04.2, 23-27-04.3, and 23-27-04.7, subsection 6 of section 23-27-04.10, sections 23-34-02 and 23-34-02.1, subsection 2 of section 23-35-01, section 23-35-02, subsection 4 of section 23-36-01, section 23-38.1-01, subsections 1 and 3 of section 23-38.1-02, section 23-38.1-03, subsection 1 of section 23-39-01, sections 23-39-06, 23-39-07, and 23-41-01, subsection 1 of section 23-41-06, sections 23-43-02, 23-43-03, 23-43-04, 23-43-05, and 23-43-06, subsection 2 of section 23-44-01, subsection 2 of section 23-44-02, subsection 2 of section 23-45-01, subsection 1 of section 23-45-02, sections 23-46-02, 23-46-03, and 23-46-04, subsection 1 of section 23-47-01, section 23-47-02, subsection 1 of section 23-47-03, section 23-50-01, subsection 4 of section 23.1-01-03, subsection 7 of section 25-01-01, section 25-01-01.1, subsection 2 of section 25-01.2-01, sections 25-01.2-18, 25-02-01, 25-02-01.1, and 25-02-03, subsection 5 of section 25-03.1-02, section 25-03.1-34.1, subsection 3 of section 25-03.2-01, subsection 2 of section 25-03.3-01, sections 25-03.3-07, 25-03.3-08, 25-03.3-12, and 25-03.3-17, subsection 3 of section 25-03.3-18, sections 25-03.3-21, 25-03.3-22, 25-04-01, 25-04-02, 25-04-02.1, 25-04-04, and 25-04-05, subsection 1 of section 25-04-05.1, subsection 3 of section 25-04-08, sections 25-04-08.1, 25-04-11, and 25-04-14, subsection 2 of section 25-04-15, subsection 5 of section 25-04-16, sections 25-11-02 and 25-14-02, subsection 1 of section 25-16-01, sections 25-16-07 and 25-16-12, subsection 1 of section 25-16.1-01, sections 25-16.2-01, 25-17-00.1, 25-17-01, 25-17-02, 25-17-03, and 25-17-06, subsection 1 of section 25-18-01, subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 26.1-02-28, subdivision b of subsection 9 of section 26.1-26.4-02, subsection 2 of section 26.1-36-09, subsection 4 of section 26.1-36-09.7, subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 26.1-36-09.10, subsection 1 of section 26.1-36-12, subsection 2 of section 26.1-36-12.2, section 26.1-36-30, subsection 1 of section 26.1-36-45, subsection 2 of section 26.1-36.5-03, subsection 2 of section 26.1-36.5-04, sections 26.1-45-13, 26.1-47-01, 26.1-47-10, 26.1-54-01, 26.1-54-02, 26.1-54-03, 26.1-54-04, and 27-20-11, subdivision c of subsection 7 of section 27-20-20.1, section 27-20-30.1, subsection 7 of section 27-20-45, subsection 1 of section 27-20-51, subsection 2 of section 27-20-54, section 27-21-09, subdivision d of subsection 2 of section 27-21-12, sections 28-21-05.2, 30-16-04, 32-03-48, and 32-37-05, paragraph 3 of subdivision b of subsection 4 of section 34-13-01, subsection 2 of section 34-15-01, subsection 2 of section 36-01-12.2, sections 37-17.4-01, 37-17.4-03, and 37-17.4-04, subsection 3 of section 37-17.4-07, sections 37-17.4-09 and 39-01-01, subsection 5 of section 39-01-15, section 39-01-19, subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 39-04-10.16, subsection 1 of section 43-04-11, subsection 8 of section 43-10-12, sections 43-10-23, 43-11-11, and 43-12.1-04, subsection 14 of section 43-15-10, subsection 4 of section 43-15-31.5, subsection 5 of section 43-28-02, section 43-29.1-02, subsection 2 of section 43-34-01, subsection 1 of section 43-34-02, section 43-38-03, subsection 2 of section 43-41-04.2, sections 43-43-03, 43-43-04, 43-43-06, and 43-43-07, subsection 11 of section 43-48-03, subdivision e of subsection 3 of section 43-60-02, subsection 3 of section 44-04-18.4, subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 44-04-18.30, subsection 2 of section 50-01-01, sections 50-01-13 and 50-01-17.2, subsection 1 of section 50-01.1-01, subsection 1 of section 50-01.2-00.1, subsection 3 of section 50-06-01, sections 50-06-01.1 and 50-06-01.4, subsection 1 of section 50-06-01.7, sections 50-06-06.3, 50-06-06.4, 50-06-06.6, 50-06-06.10, 50-06-06.11, 50-06-14.1, 50-06-21, 50-06-24, 50-06-26, 50-06-29, 50-06-30, 50-06-31, 50-06-32, 50-06-32.1, 50-06-35, 50-06-37, 50-06-38, 50-06-41, 50-06-41.2, and 50-06-43.1, subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 50-06-43.2, subsection 1 of section 50-06.1-01, sections 50-06.1-15 and 50-06.1-16, subsection 8 of section 50-06.2-02, subsection 2 of section 50-06.4-01, section 50-06.4-02, subsection 3 of section 50-06.4-10, subsection 4 of section 50-06.5-01, subsection 12 of section 50-09-01, subsection 2 of section 50-10.1-01, subsection 4 of section 50-10.2-01, subsection 4 of section 50-11-00.1, sections 50-11-01.5, 50-11-01.6, and 50-11-03.1, subsection 3 of section 50-11.1-02, subsection 2 of section 50-11.1-07, subdivision a of subsection 3 of section 50-11.1-18, sections 50-11.2-01, 50-11.2-02, 50-11.3-01, and 50-12-02, subsection 2 of section 50-12-02.1, sections 50-12-03, 50-12-03.1, 50-12-03.2, and 50-12-05, subsection 2 of section 50-12-06, subsection 2 of section 50-12-07, sections 50-12-08, 50-12-10, 50-12-11, 50-12-14.1, 50-12-16, and 50-12-17, subsection 1 of section 50-19-01, sections 50-19-04, 50-19-10, 50-19-14, 50-21-02, 50-21-03, and 50-21-04, subsection 1 of section 50-24.1-00.1, section 50-24.1-01.3, subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 50-24.1-29, sections 50-24.1-34, 50-24.1-37, and 50-24.1-38, subsection 2 of section 50-24.1-40, sections 50-24.3-01, 50-24.3-03, and 50-24.3-03.1, subsection 3 of section 50-24.4-01, section 50-24.4-12, subsection 1 of section 50-24.4-19, subsection 4 of section 50-24.5-01, sections 50-24.5-02.2 and 50-24.5-10, subsection 3 of section 50-24.6-01, subsection 3 of section 50-24.7-01, subsection 3 of section 50-24.8-01, subsection 9 of section 50-25.1-02, subsection 17 of section 50-25.1-02, section 50-25.1-04.2, subsection 10 of section 50-25.1-15, subsection 5 of section 50-25.2-01, sections 50-27-01 and 50-27-03, subsection 5 of section 50-28-01, subsection 3 of section 50-29-01, subsection 2 of section 50-30-01, subsection 1 of section 50-31-01, subsection 2 of section 50-32-01, section 50-32-02.1, subsection 7 of section 50-33-01, subsection 1 of section 50-35-01, subsection 3 of section 52-01-03, subsection 5 of section 53-12.1-12, subsection 1 of section 54-06-04, subsection 3 of section 54-12-08, section 54-23.3-10, subsection 1 of section 54-23.3-12, subsection 3 of section 54-38-01, paragraph 2 of subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 54-44.1-12, sections 54-44.3-30, 54-44.3-31, and 54-44.3-32, subsection 3 of section 54-44.8-03, sections 54-44.8-06 and 54-46-13, subsection 1 of section 54-59-25, subdivision i of subsection 2 of section 54-59-26, subdivision g of subsection 1 of section 54-59-33, subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 54-60-19, section 57-38-01.16, subsection 1 of section 57-38.3-02, subsection 3 of section 57-38.3-04, subsection 24 of section 57-39.2-04, subdivision f of subsection 4 of section 57-40.6-10, section 57-63-03, subdivision n of subsection 2 of section 59-09-02, section 61-38-03, paragraph 3 of subdivision a of subsection 16 of section 65-01-02, and section 65-05.1-06.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to merging of the state department of health and the department of human services; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.

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Bill History

1/11/2021
Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
House of Representatives
1/20/2021
Committee Hearing 09:30
House of Representatives
2/16/2021
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0
House of Representatives
2/17/2021
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
House of Representatives
2/23/2021
Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 21
House of Representatives
3/3/2021
Received from House
Senate
3/3/2021
Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
Senate
3/30/2021
Committee Hearing 09:00
Senate
4/14/2021
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0
Senate
4/15/2021
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
Senate
4/15/2021
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 24 nays 23
Senate
4/15/2021
Returned to House (12)
House of Representatives
4/19/2021
Concurred
House of Representatives
4/19/2021
Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 25
House of Representatives
4/20/2021
Signed by President
Senate
4/22/2021
Signed by Speaker
House of Representatives
4/22/2021
Sent to Governor
House of Representatives
4/28/2021
Signed by Governor 04/27
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

House Second reading
4/19/2021
68
Yea
25
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Second reading
4/15/2021
24
Yea
23
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Second reading
2/23/2021
73
Yea
21
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/28/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text4/20/2021904.0 KB
Amended
Bill Text4/14/2021948.1 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/16/202134.6 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text2/16/2021945.6 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/11/2021946.8 KB