North Dakota HB1460: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to substitute caregiver and respite care provider requirements in foster homes for adults and the permitted use of an electronic monitoring device by an adult foster care provider; and to provide for a legislative management study.

What the bill says

An act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to substitute caregiver and respite care provider requirements in foster homes for adults and the permitted use of an electronic monitoring device by an adult foster care provider; and to provide for a legislative management study.

From the enrolled text, April 22, 2025:

AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to substitute caregiver and respite care provider requirements in foster homes for adults and the permitted use of an electronic monitoring device by an adult foster care provider; and to provide for a legislative management study. SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 50-11 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Substitute caregivers and respite care providers - Requirements. 1. As used in this section: a. "Respite care provider" means an individual enrolled as a qualified service provider who provides respite care to private pay adult residents in the absence of the provider. b. "Substitute caregiver" means an individual who meets qualified service provider standards and provides respite care to private pay adult residents in the absence of the provider. 2. The department may not limit the services of a substitute caregiver or a respite care provider providing resident care on behalf of a foster home for adults to less than two hundred twenty calendar days during the twenty-four-month period immediately following the renewal date of the initial license or for less than one hundred ten calendar days during the twelve-month period immediately following the date of the issuance of the initial license. 3. Unless a …