Bill > SB2096

This bill provides a $16 million appropriation from the state's general fund to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services to improve regional acute psychiatric treatment and residential supportive housing services during the 2025-2027 biennium. The funding will be distributed as grants to facilities that agree to increase the number of inpatient behavioral health beds, with a focus on acute psychiatric treatment or residential supportive housing. Grant recipients must commit to operating their behavioral health facilities for at least ten years and will be selected based on their ability to reduce or eliminate referrals to the state hospital. The department will strategically distribute the grants to ensure equal coverage of psychiatric and supportive housing services across all four quadrants of the state, with the ultimate goal of expanding and improving mental health care accessibility and infrastructure in North Dakota.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo2096.html