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 Appropriations

Chapter 12

SECTION 13. AUTHORIZATION - GRANT FOR ADAPTIVE SKIING. The grants medical assistance line item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes $200,000 from the general fund for a grant for an adaptive skiing program affiliated with a winter park that is located in a county of less than 10,000 individuals, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. Of the funding provided, $120,000 of the amount may be used for a project coordinator and the remaining amount may be used for any equipment necessary for the adaptive skiing program. The requirements of chapter 54-44.4 do not apply to the selection of a grantee, the grant award, or payments made under this section. SECTION 14. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER. The legislative management shall consider studying, during the 2013-14 interim, the developmental center in Grafton. If conducted, the study must determine future use, reduction in size, and any change of scope for the developmental center. The study must consider information from local community groups that have concerns or ideas for the future use of the developmental center. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, along with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly. SECTION 15. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - NORTH DAKOTA HEALTH CARE. During the 2013-14 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying the immediate needs and challenges of the North Dakota health care delivery system, implementing the healthy North Dakota initiative, examining Medicaid reform, and the feasibility of developing a plan for a private health care model that will comply with federal health care reform in a manner that will provide high-quality, accessible, and affordable care for North Dakota citizens. In performing the study, the legislative management may consider population shifts, facility needs, personnel needs, rural access, regulatory public health functions, and vulnerable populations; determine the scope of the weakness in the current health care system; take into account the ongoing impact that federal health care reform under the federal Affordable Care Act is having on state delivery of health care and on state delivery of Medicaid; and consider how to forge partnerships with federal payers and regulators in order to work toward addressing medical reimbursement system reform. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly. SECTION 16. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY OF THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH BRAIN INJURY. During the 2013-14 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying the need for a comprehensive system of care for individuals with brain injury, including services available to veterans who are returning from wars, the impact of the inclusion of all acquired brain injury on traumatic brain injury programs, the need for a statewide registry for brain injury, the need for increased awareness of the impact of brain injury, the need for screening for brain injury in the education system, the availability of community support systems, the availability of specialized substance abuse services, the examination of the long-term care needs, the availability of home and community-based services, services available from independent living centers, the need for transitional supportive housing, and the suitability of the current level of care determination for brain injury. Consideration should be given to input from the department of human services traumatic brain injury advisory committee and stakeholders from the private and public sectors, including individuals with brain injury, families impacted by brain injury, educators, treatment providers, and service providers. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly.