North DakotaNorth Dakota lawmakers must consider studying gaps in dental care
North Dakota’s legislative planning body must consider a 2025–26 dental care study that, if conducted, examines Medicaid access barriers and dental worker training options.
What it does
North Dakota’s legislative planning body must consider studying dental care gaps for low-income children, Native American children, and people with disabilities during 2025–26. If conducted, the study must review care barriers and workforce options.
Argument forA study could help lawmakers find ways to address Medicaid payment barriers and dental worker training needs that limit access to care.
Argument againstBecause lawmakers only have to consider a study, dental care gaps could remain unexamined through this process.
More detail
North Dakota’s Legislative Management must consider conducting a dental care study. The study focuses on low-income children, Native American children, and people with disabilities, including Medicaid recipients on and off reservations. If conducted, the study must review care barriers, Medicaid administration and payments, insurance costs, and ways to train and recruit dental workers. The study may also examine all Medicaid recipients’ unmet dental needs and whether additional kinds of dental workers could help. The study consideration applies during the 2025–26 period between regular legislative sessions. Legislative Management must report findings, recommendations, and any legislation needed to carry them out to the seventieth legislative assembly.
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- Passed House
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History
- 2025
- Apr 21Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17Latest
- Apr 18Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 04/15Became Law
- Apr 14Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 14Signed by Speaker
- Apr 9Signed by President
- Apr 7Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3Major
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1567. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7Concurred
- Mar 28Returned to House (12)
- Mar 27Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1567. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 26Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Mar 25Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0Minor
- Mar 18Committee Hearing 09:00
- Mar 7Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services CommitteeMinor
- Feb 26
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1567. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Received from House
- Feb 25Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 2Passed House
- Feb 20Laid over two legislative days
- Feb 20Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 19Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1Minor
- Jan 27Committee Hearing 09:00
- Jan 20Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services CommitteeIntroduced
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