2013-2014 Interim Testimony

Testimony by N. D. Department of Human Services staff members before Legislative Interim Committees is listed below. Testimony is posted by committee, and is listed by date. For convenience, presenter and subject information is included.

Detailed information about committee responsibilities, membership, and upcoming meetings, is listed on the Legislative Council website at http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/session-interim

List By Committee:

Administrative Rules Committee
Budget Section
Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration
Economic Impact Committee
Employee Benefits Programs Committee
Government Finance Committee
Government Services Committee
Healthcare Reform Review Committee
Health Services Committee
Human Services Committee
Information Technology Committee
Judiciary Committee
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
Tribal-State Relations Committee
Archive links to past Testimony

Administrative Rules Committee

Department Testimony
Sept. 15, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC 75-03-23 Provision of Home and Community-Based Services Under the Service Payments for Elderly and Disabled Program and the Medicaid Waiver for the Aged and Disabled Program and 75-03-24, Expanded Service Payments for Elderly and Disabled
June 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-03-38, 75-03-39, and 75-04-06, Autism Spectrum Disorder Voucher Program, Autism Services Waiver, and Eligibility for Intellectual Disabilities-Developmental Disabilities Case Management Services
June 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-02.1 and 75-02-02.2, Eligibility for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program
June 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-03-15 and 75-03-16, Ratesetting for Providers of Services to Foster Children – Group Homes and Residential Child Care Care and Licensing of Group Homes and Residential Child Care Facilities
June 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-07.1, Ratesetting for Basic Care Facilities
June 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-02, Medical Services
March 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-02, Provider Integrity
March 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-02.1, Eligibility for Medicaid
March 11, 2014	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-01.3, Child Care Assistance
December 12, 2013	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-06, Ratesetting for Nursing Home Care
December 12, 2013	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-02-01.2, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
December 12, 2013	Julie Leer, Legal Services Division	Report: NDAC Chapter 75-03-14, Family Foster Care for Children

Budget Section

Department Testimony
Dec. 3, 2014	Maggie Anderson, Executive Director, and Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division and	Updates on Medicaid Systems Project, Eligibility Systems Modernization Project, and Eight-Bed Transitional Living Facility in Fargo Region
Sept. 24, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Updates on Medicaid Systems Project and Eligibility Systems Modernization Project
June 25, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Medicaid Systems Update
March 12, 2014	Deb McDermott, Chief Financial Officer	Grant Program for Critical Access Hospitals in Oil-Producing Counties

Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration

Department Testimony
April 28, 2014	Sandy Thompson, West Central Human Service Center Director	Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Addiction Counselors at the Human Service Centers
February 11, 2014	Maggie Anderson, Executive Director	Report on Adult and Adolescent Residential Treatment Programs in North Dakota
December 9, 2013	Jeff Stenseth, Southeast Human Service Center	Treatment Programs offered at Southeast Human Service Center in Fargo
September 10, 2013	Kerry Wicks, ND State Hospital	Tompkins Rehabilitation and Corrections Center Program

Economic Impact Committee

Department Testimony
Sept. 29, 2014	Jennifer Barry, Children and Family Services Division	Update on the Child Care Capacity and Efforts to Recruit Licensed Child Care Providers
Sept. 29, 2014	Carol Cartledge, Economic Assistance Policy Division	Update on the Child Care Assistance Program
June 25, 2014	Shari Doe, Children and Family Services Division	Variations in City Ordinances Related to Child Care Providers
April 30, 2014	Jennifer Barry, Children and Family Services Division	Proposed Federal Requirements and Opportunities Related to Early Childhood Services
February 3, 2014	Jennifer Barry, Children and Family Services Division	Bright and Early North Dakota - New Program to Support Early Childhood Development and Quality Child Care
November 18, 2013	Carol Cartledge, Economic Assistance Policy Division	Eligibility Changes to the Child Care Assistance Program
July 31, 2013	Sandy Hanretty, Early Childhood Regional Supervisor	Study of Child Care Services

Employee Benefits Programs Committee

Department Testimony

Government Finance Committee

Department Testimony
Sept. 10, 2014	Maggie Anderson, DHS Executive Director	DHS 2015-2017 Budget Request and Other Budget-Related Matters
July 1, 2014	Terry Peterson, Child Support Division	Child Support Lien Registry
February 12, 2014	Deb McDermott, Chief Financial Officer	Update on the Department's Budget

Government Services Committee

Department Testimony
April 2, 2014	Russ Cusack, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation	Report on the Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
April 2, 2014	Alex Schweitzer, North Dakota State Hospital	Usage of Structures and Property at the North Dakota State Hospital
November 13, 2013	Alex Schweitzer, North Dakota State Hospital	State Hospital Programs and Services Including the Use of Structures and Property on the Campus
August 22, 2013	Kerry Wicks, North Dakota State Hospital	Use of Structures and Property of the James River Correctional Center and the North Dakota State Hospital

Health Services Committee

Department Testimony
Oct. 9, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Estimated Funding Required for Medicaid Reimbursement of Community Paramedic Services
July 30, 2014	Karen Tescher, Medical Services Division	Potential Relationship Between Community Paramedics and Home and Community-Based Services
July 30, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	N.D. Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Dental Services
July 31, 2013	Cindy Sheldon, Medical Services Division	Feasibility of Community Paramedics
July 31, 2013	Jodi Hulm, Medical Services Division	N.D. Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Dental Services

Healthcare Reform Review Committee

Department Testimony
Oct. 1, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
July 23, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
May 14, 2014	Dr. Rosalie Etherington, N.D. State Hospital	Professionals Authorized to Participate in Mental Health Commitment Proceedings
May 14, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
March 19, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Care Coordination Programs for Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
March 19, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
January 15, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
January 15, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Eligibility Systems
July 9, 2013	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Eligibility Systems

Human Services Committee

Department Testimony
August 28, 2014	Carol Cartledge, Economic Assistance Policy Division	Impact of Changing Eligibility Requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program
August 28, 2014	Trisha Page, Autism Services Unit	Update on the Autism Spectrum Disorder Voucher Program Pilot Project
August 28, 2014	Maggie Anderson, DHS Executive Director	Comments to Recommendations Outlined in a Study on Behavioral Health Needs of Youth and Adults in North Dakota
August 28, 2014	Shari Doe, Children and Family Services Division	Behavioral Health Needs of Children Entering Foster Care
August 28, 2014	Alex Schweitzer, Field Services Director	Electronic Health Record System to Facilitate a Behavioral Health Data Repository
July 22, 2014	JoAnne Hoesel, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Status of the State Plan on Autism Spectrum Disorders
July 22, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Medicaid Transportation-Related Payment Levels and Recommendations from Long-Term Care Study
July 22, 2014	Maggie Anderson, DHS Executive Director	Comments Regarding Study of the Behavioral Health Services in North Dakota
July 22, 2014	Susan Wagner, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	DHS Programs that Use a Sliding Fee Scale to Pay for Services
July 22, 2014	Shari Doe, Children and Family Services Division	Behavioral Health Services for Children in Foster Care
June 19, 2014	JoAnne Hoesel, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Potential Repository for all Public and Private Behavioral Health Data
June 19, 2014	Shari Doe, Children and Family Services Director	Behavioral Health Needs in the Child Welfare System
June 19, 2014	Alex Schweitzer, Field Services Director	Services and Programs at the Life Skills and Transition Center (formerly the N.D. Developmental Center)
June 19, 2014	JoAnne Hoesel, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Traumatic Brain Injury Serivces
June 19, 2014	Karen Tescher, Medical Services Division	Home and Community-Based Services
April 9, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Annual Report on Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Enrollment and Expenditures
April 9, 2014	Karen Tescher, Medical Services Division	Home and Community-Based Services
April 9, 2014	Susan Wagner, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Traumatic Brain Injury Services
April 9, 2014	JoAnne Hoesel, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Behavioral Health Services Data to Identify Chronic Issues
January 7, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Update on Long-Term Care Study and Options to Facilitate Replication of a Community Care Model
January 7, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Options for Individuals with Brain Injuries Who Are Working to Access Medicaid Services
January 7, 2014	Alex Schweitzer, Field Services Director	Behavioral Health Services Including Expenditures, Usage, and Trends
October 29, 2013	Alex Schweitzer, Field Services Director	Behavioral Health Services Offered at the State Hospital and Regional Human Service Centers
October 29, 2013	Susan Wagner, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Services Offered by the Department for Individuals with Brain Injuries
October 29, 2013	Karen Tescher, Medical Services Division	Home and Community-Based Services Available through the Department
October 29, 2013	JoAnne Hoesel, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Behavioral Health Services Offered by the Department
July 30, 2013	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Developmental Disabilities Payment System
July 30, 2013	Susan Wagner, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	System of Care for Individuals with a Brain Injury
July 30, 2013	Karen Tescher, Medical Services Division	Home and Community-Based Services Study
July 30, 2013	JoAnne Hoesel, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division	Behavioral Health Needs of Youth and Adults

Information Technology Committee

Department Testimony
Oct. 30, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Medicaid Systems Project Update
Sept. 25, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Closeout Report for the Vocational Rehabilitation Information System Replacement Project
Sept. 25, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Update on Medicaid Systems Project and Eligibility Systems Modernization Project
March 13, 2014	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Medicaid Systems Project Update
December 10, 2013	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Medicaid Systems Project Update
August 20, 2013	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services Division	Medicaid Systems Update

Judiciary Committee

Department Testimony
May 6, 2014	Alex Schweitzer, State Hospital Superintendent	Report on the sex offender treatment program at the N.D. State Hospital

Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee

Department Testimony

Tribal-State Relations Committee

Department Testimony
May 29, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
Feb. 5, 2014	Julie Schwab, Medical Services Division	Status Report on Medicaid Expansion in North Dakota
Oct. 16, 2013	Maggie Anderson, Executive Director	Medicaid Expansion and Money Follows the Person Tribal Initiative

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