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SB 2191

AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to health care services in local correctional facilities.

69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26) Introduced by Dick Dever and 4 co-sponsors

Directs Legislative Management to study health care in local jails during 2025–26, review requirements and funding, and report findings and draft legislation to the 70th Assembly.

Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31
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Bill Summary · SB 2191

Summary — SB 2191 (North Dakota): Legislative study on health care services in local correctional facilities

Status: Filed with Secretary of State (March 31, 2025). Signed by Governor (March 27, 2025).
Introduced: March 11, 2025. Sponsors (as recorded on ND bill): Senators Lee, Dever, Hogan; Representatives Stemen, Wagner.

Purpose

Require the Legislative Management to study health care services provided in local correctional facilities during the 2025–26 interim, and to report findings and recommendations (including any necessary legislation) to the 70th Legislative Assembly.

Key provisions

  • Directs the Legislative Management to consider and conduct a study during the 2025–26 interim on health care services in local correctional facilities.
  • The study must include:
    • A review of current state and federal requirements for health care in local correctional facilities.
    • A review of funding patterns for those health care services.
    • Consideration of challenges faced by local health care facilities and providers in serving incarcerated individuals.
    • An analysis of best‑practice models for delivering health care in local jails/correctional facilities.
    • Consideration of methods to expand local, state, and federal funding for these services.
  • Requires the Legislative Management to report findings and recommendations, together with any draft legislation necessary to implement recommendations, to the 70th Legislative Assembly.

Who is affected

  • Local correctional facilities (counties/municipal jails) and their incarcerated populations.
  • Local health care providers and hospitals that contract with or deliver services to these facilities.
  • Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to the extent recommendations address standards, oversight, or coordination.
  • State and local budget/planning entities if the study leads to funding changes.

Timeline and procedural points

  • Study period: 2025–26 interim.
  • Report due to the 70th Legislative Assembly (timing aligns with the next regular session following the interim).
  • Immediate effect: administrative — the bill mandates a study and reporting; it does not itself change operational standards or fund new services.
  • Potential future impact: legislative or budgetary changes could follow if the report recommends statutory or funding changes.

Additional notes

  • Earlier committee materials included proposed amendments to NDCC §12‑44.1‑24 (duties of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding standards, inspections, posting rules, billing instruction, and appointment of an inspector). The enrolled/first‑engrossed language focuses on the Legislative Management study described above.
  • Final chamber votes recorded: Senate 47–0, House 75–9.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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