§ 50-06-45 — North Dakota legislative health care task force - Duties - Membership - Legislative management report

Legislative management report.
There is created a North Dakota legislative health care task force. The task force shall meet
at least once each quarter and may request, obtain, review, and analyze information relating to
North Dakota health care, including data, reports, audits, and other information as requested by
the task force. The department of health and human services shall provide staff services for the
task force. The task force shall submit a report of its activities and any recommendations to
improve health care in the state to the legislative management by October first of each year.
The chairman of the task force must be a member of the legislative assembly appointed by the
chairman of the legislative management. The chairman of the task force may invite guests to
participate in task force activities. The task force consists of the following members:
1. The chairman of the house appropriations committee human resources division, or the
chairman's designee;
2. The chairman of the senate appropriations committee human resources division, or
the chairman's designee;
3. The chairman of the house human services committee, or the chairman's designee;
4. The chairman of the senate human services committee, or the chairman's designee;
5. One member of the house of representatives as appointed by the house minority
leader;
6. One member of the senate as appointed by the senate minority leader;
7. The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or the
commissioner's designee;
8. Two members of the department of health and human services, including the state
health officer and one member appointed by the commissioner of the department of
health and human services;
9. One member from the governor's office, appointed by the governor;
10. The insurance commissioner, or the insurance commissioner's designee;
11. Two members to represent the North Dakota health insurance industry;
12. One member of the public, appointed by an organization that represents North Dakota
businesses;

13. One member appointed by the Indian affairs commissioner to represent tribal health
care;
14. One member from a North Dakota association that represents physicians;
15. Five members from a North Dakota association that represents hospitals, of which:
a. Two members must represent rural hospitals, including one representative of a
hospital in a city with a population of ten thousand or more and one
representative of a hospital in a city with a population under ten thousand;
b. Two members must represent urban hospitals, including one representative of an
independent hospital and one representative of an integrated health care system;
and
c. One member must represent a psychiatric hospital; and
16. Any other members appointed by the chairman of legislative management.