§ 50-06-42.1 — Substance use disorder treatment voucher system grants (Expired effective July 1, 2027)

North Dakota § 50-06-42.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 50: Public Welfare
• Ch. 50-06: Department of Health and Human Services

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effective July 1, 2027)
1. A licensed substance abuse treatment program, excluding state-operated behavioral
health clinics and hospital or medical clinic-based programs for medical management
of withdrawal, may apply for a competitive substance use disorder treatment voucher
system grant. A licensed substance abuse treatment program is eligible for a one-time
grant award. To receive a grant, a licensed substance abuse treatment program shall:
a. Submit an application in the form and manner prescribed by the department;
b. Enter a grant agreement with the department;
c. Use grant funds for a licensed substance abuse treatment program with fewer
than seventeen beds in an underserved area, as determined by the department,
in the state's substance abuse treatment system;
d. Use the grant funds to support the provision of substance use disorder treatment
in underserved areas of the state's substance abuse treatment system;
e. Provide and disclose information needed to comply with the department's data
collection requirements; and
f. Operate in compliance with grant requirements.
2. The department, within legislative appropriations, may distribute up to two grants
under this section to licensed substance abuse treatment programs.
3. The department may recapture grant funds distributed to a licensed program found by
the department to be out of compliance with the requirements established by the grant
program, including ending or reducing the operation of the substance use disorder
treatment services in the underserved area.

4. The department may not collect property, equipment, or supplies purchased with grant
funds from the licensed substance abuse treatment program after successful
completion of the terms of the grant.
5. The grant term must be for five years.