2017-2018 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 committees, upcoming meetings, and more is listed on the Legislative Branch website at http://www.legis.nd.gov/.

List By Committee:

• Administrative Rules Committee
• Budget Section
• Education Funding Committee
• Employee Benefits Programs Committee
• Government Administration Committee
• Government Finance Committee
• Health Care Reform Review Committee
• Health Services Committee
• Human Services Committee
• Information Technology Committee
• Judiciary Committee
• Justice Reinvestment Committee
• Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
• Taxation Committee
• Tribal Taxation Committee
• Archive links to past Testimony

Administrative Rules Committee

Department Testimony
Dec. 3, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapters 75-01-03 and 75-08-01, Appeals and Hearings and Vocational Rehabilitation
Dec. 3, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapters 75-02-04.1, Child Support Guidelines
Sept. 12, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapters 75-02-04 and 75-02-04.2, Child Support Division and State Disbursement Unit
Sept. 12, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-01.3, Child Care Assistance
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Sections 75-09.1-01-01, Definitions; Article 75-09.2, Substance Use Disorder Early Intervention; and Chapter 75-09.2-01, Alcohol and Drug Early Intervention Program
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-04, Developmental Disabilities
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-03-38 and 75-03-39, Autism Spectrum Disorder Voucher Program and Autism Services Waiver
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-03-07, 75-03-07.1, 75-03-08, 75-03-09, 75-03-10, 75-03-11, and 75-03-11.1, Licensing of Early Childhood Services
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-07.1, Ratesetting for Basic Care Facilities
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-06, Ratesetting for Nursing Home Care
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-05, Provider Integrity
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-02.1, Eligibility for Medicaid
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-02, Medical Services
March 13, 2018	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-01-03, Appeals and Hearings
Dec. 5, 2017	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 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
Dec. 5, 2017	Jonathan Alm, Legal Services Division	N.D. Admin. Code Chapter 75-02-04.1, Child Support Guidelines

Budget Section

Department Testimony
Sept. 13, 2018	Tom Eide, Fiscal Division	Department transfers in excess of $50,000 made during the 2017-19 biennium between line items in each subdivision and line item transfers made between subdivisions pursuant to Section 4 of 2017 House Bill No. 1012

Education Funding Committee

Department Testimony
March 14, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	Overview of Medicaid funding provided for services in schools, including services covered and reimbursement

Employee Benefits Programs Committee

Department Testimony

Government Administration Committee

Department Testimony

Government Finance Committee

Department Testimony

Health Services Committee

Department Testimony
Sept. 12, 2018	Brendan Joyce, Medical Services Division	Medicaid program and metabolic services
Sept. 12, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	Updates on eligibility for Medicaid waivered services, early intervention services, and related matters
Sept. 12, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Update on Children's Behavioral Health Task Force efforts Handout: Children's Behavioral Health Task Force Strategy Statements
Sept. 12, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Implementation of HSRI Behavioral Health System Study recommendations
July 26, 2018	Susan Foerster, Life Skills & Transition Center	Update on status of clients and readiness for transitions and other developments
July 26, 2018	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Update on new payment system and other developments
July 26, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Update on HB 1040: Children's prevention and early intervention behavioral health services pilot project
July 26, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Children's Behavioral Health Task Force Update Children's Behavioral Health Task Force - Legislative Initiatives Summary (July 16, 2018 Draft)
April 25, 2018	Michele Gee, Economic Assistance Division	Medicaid eligibility requirements and the role of county social services in determining eligibility for Medicaid
April 25, 2018	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Medicaid referral process (for Medicaid eligibility)
April 25, 2018	Amanda Carlson, Developmental Disabilities Division	Referrals to Part C services
April 25, 2018	Tom Eide, Field Services and Fiscal Division	Update on Life Skills and Transition Center costs
April 25, 2018	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Status of implementing the new reimbursement system for services to individuals with developmental disabilities
April 25, 2018	Lisa Peterson, Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Pamela Sagness, DHS Behavioral Health Division	Update on the Free Through Recovery program (a Justice Reinvestment Initative)
April 25, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Updates on Behavioral Health initiatives, including the behavioral health system study work plan and the Substance Use Disorder Voucher program
April 25, 2018	Rosalie Etherington, Field Services and State Hospital and Tom Eide, Field Services and Fiscal	Updates on Open Access clinical model, number of people served and wait times at the regional human service centers, emergency and crisis services, and behavioral health rehabilitation and recovery management
Jan. 3, 2018	Amanda Carlson, Part C Coordinator, Developmental Disabilities Division	Child Find regulations for infants and toddlers and system coordination
Jan. 3, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	North Dakota Olmstead Commission structure, service monitoring and planning
Jan. 3, 2018	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Status of the new payment system for providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities
Jan. 3, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Behavioral health update including status of the Free Through Recovery Initiative (Justice Reinvestment) community behavioral health program and strategic planning to increase availability of behavioral health services
Jan. 3, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Status on the Task Force on Children's Behavioral Health
Oct. 24, 2017	Susan Foerster, Life Skills and Transition Center	Life Skills and Transition Center programs, services and community involvement: PDF of Powerpoint presentation Handout: LSTC fact sheet Handout: Diagnosing intellectual disability Handout: Campus map of community rentals (12-2016)
Oct. 24, 2017	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	State's early intervention system for children ages birth to 3 years with developmental disabilities
Oct. 24, 2017	Chris Jones, Human Services	Department of Human Services organizational structure, vision and new developments
Oct. 24, 2017	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Handout: Cost of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Handout: Developmental disabilities services Chart Handout: Unduplicated count of clients receiving developmental disabilities program management services (by region) - State Fiscal Years 2012-2017
Oct. 24, 2017	Rosalie Etherington, Regional Human Service Centers and N.D. State Hospital	Public behavioral health services: Number of individuals receiving services by region (SFY 2017) and potential services overlap
Aug. 1, 2017	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Developmental disabilities services delivery system overview
Aug. 1, 2017	Susan Foerster, Life Skills & Transition Center	Life Skills and Transition Center programs and services overview
Aug. 1, 2017	Rosalie Etherington, Regional Human Service Centers and State Hospital	Slides: Overview of Human Service Center and North Dakota State Hospital services
Aug. 1, 2017	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Slides: Behavioral Health Division overview
Aug. 1, 2017	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Developmental Disabilities Division Early Intervention Services overview (for children birth to age 3)

Health Care Reform Review Committee

Department Testimony
Aug. 22, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Relationship of managed care to Medicaid and DHS operations
June 28, 2018	Brendan Joyce, Medical Services Division	Fee for service and managed care organization pharmacy benefit coverage for Medicaid
Feb. 1, 2018	Erik Elkins, Medical Services Division	Status of federal legislation relating to the Children's Health Insurance Program
Feb. 1, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	Contract time lines and how the time lines may intersect if the state moves to providing Medicaid through a contract for managed care services
Sept. 14, 2017	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	Managed care study (Medicaid/Medicaid Expansion/Children's Health Insurance Program)

Human Services Committee

Department Testimony
Sept. 11, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division and Nancy Nikolas-Maier, Aging Services Division	House Bill 1038 Report: Overview and costs of home and community-based long-term services Money Follows the Person program Service Payments to the Elderly and Disabled (SPED) program Expanded Service Payment to the Elderly and Disabled (Ex-SPED) program HCBS case management
Sept. 11, 2018	Krista Fremming, Medical Services Division	Autism Spectrum Disorder Task Force
Sept. 11, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Behavioral Health Study by HSRI and recommendations and implementation
Sept. 11, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Update on the social services redesign project
July 27, 2018	Nancy Nikolas-Maier, Aging Services Division and LeeAnn Thiel, Medical Services Division	Funding for home and community-based services and recommendations to increase the level of services provided
July 27, 2018	Tom Eide, Fiscal and Field Services	Updates on the implementation of 2017 legislation, including human services redesign and changes in structure and delivery
July 27, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Status of the children's prevention and early intervention behavioral health services pilot project
July 27, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Children's Behavioral Health Task Force Update Children's Behavioral Health Task Force - Legislative Initiatives Summary (July 16, 2018 Draft)
July 27, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Behavioral Health Study by HSRI and recommendations and implementation
April 24, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	North Dakota Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Study
April 24, 2018	Bevin Croft, Human Services Research Institute	North Dakota Behavioral Health System Study
April 24, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Update on changes in structure and operations of the Department of Human Services
April 24, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Social Services Redesign Project Update
April 24, 2018	Dept. of Human Services and Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation representatives	Shared vision for services provided within the Tompkins Rehabilitation and Correctional Center
April 24, 2018	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Changes to the payment methodology for developmental disability services
Jan. 4, 2018	Chris Jones, Human Services	Social Services Redesign Project
Jan. 4, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Behavioral health services update
Jan. 4, 2018	Tom Eide, Field Services - Behavioral Health Direct Services	Operations and structure of the Tompkins program
Jan. 4, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	Provider reimbursement rates under the Medicaid expansion
Jan. 4, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	Updated on federal actions related to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Jan. 4, 2018	Tina Bay, Developmental Disabilities Division	Report on the developmental disability Medicaid waiver study pursuant to Section 2 of 2017 Senate Bill 2041 (Handout: NASDDDS Recommendations and Opportunities)
Oct. 25, 2017	Chris Jones, Human Services	Changes in the department, vision and study of the human services system
Oct. 25, 2017	Maggie Anderson, on behalf of Human Services	Refugee resettlement and service utilization
Oct. 25, 2017	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services	Autism services update
Oct. 25, 2017	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services	Children's Health Insurance Program annual report on enrollment and costs Fact Sheet: Comparison of key provisions in the U.S. Senate and House CHIP bills
Aug. 2, 2017	Chris Jones, Human Services	Fact Sheet: Services Provided by the N.D. Department of Human Services and Quarterly Budget Insight Report (July 2015 - March 2017)
Aug. 2, 2017	Rosalie Etherington, N.D. State Hospital	Tompkins Rehabilitation Program operations and image of campus buildings (Handout A)
Aug. 2, 2017	Rosalie Etherington, N.D. State Hospital	Tompkins Program outcomes, benefits, and challenges
Aug. 2, 2017	Tom Solberg, Human Services	Department of Human Services' role in refugee resettlement process
Aug. 2, 2017	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services	Autism Spectrum Disorder plan report

Information Technology Committee

Department Testimony
Sept. 18, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division and Michele Gee, Economic Assistance Division	Update on the Eligibility Systems Modernization Project and N.D. Health Enterprise Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Testimony: Eligibility Systems Modernization Project Slides: Eligibility Systems Modernization Project and MMIS
March 22, 2018	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services	Update on the N.D. Health Enterprise Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS)
March 22, 2018	Tom Solberg, Human Services	Update on the Eligibility Systems Modernization Project
Sept. 19, 2017	Jenny Witham, Information Technology Services	Updates on the Eligibility Systems Modernization Project and the ND Health Enterprise Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS)

Judiciary Committee

Department Testimony
April 2, 2018	Rosalie Etherington, North Dakota State Hospital	Report on the services provided by DOCR at the State Hospital relating to individuals who have been committed to the care and custody of the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services
April 2, 2018	Tom Solberg, DHS Executive Office	Report on the task force on the prevention of sexual abuse of children
Jan. 11, 2018	Julie Hoffman, Children and Family Services Division	North Dakota adoption process
Oct. 10, 2017	Julie Hoffman, Children and Family Services Division	North Dakota adoption process

Justice Reinvestment Committee

Department Testimony
Aug. 23, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Updates on the behavioral health system and justice-involved populations, Recovery Reinvented and Free Through Recovery Handout: Free Through Recovery
April 26, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Progress report on the implementation of Free Through Recovery (Justice Reinvestment)
Jan. 10, 2018	Pamela Sagness, Behavioral Health Division	Progress on Free Through Recovery (Justice Reinvestment)

Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee

Department Testimony

Taxation Committee

Department Testimony
July 12, 2018	Chris Jones, DHS Executive Director	Status of the state-paid economic assistance and social service pilot program and the development of a plan for permanent implementation
Dec. 14, 2017	Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division	State's expenditures for long-term care services and information pertaining to the study of providing an income tax credit for premiums paid for hybrid long-term care insurance

Tribal-State Relations Committee

Department Testimony

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