North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota SB2348: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 and a new chapter to title 50 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the acceptance of health care sharing ministries by an institution of higher education and health care sharing ministries' exemptions from insurance laws and regulations.
Status: Signed into law, April 4, 2025
Relating to the acceptance of health care sharing ministries by an institution of higher education and health care sharing ministries' exemptions from insurance laws and regulations.
What the bill says
An act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 and a new chapter to title 50 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the acceptance of health care sharing ministries by an institution of higher education and health care sharing ministries' exemptions from insurance laws and regulations.
From the enrolled text, April 2, 2025:
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 and a new chapter to title 50 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the acceptance of health care sharing ministries by an institution of higher education and health care sharing ministries' exemptions from insurance laws and regulations. SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Institutions of higher education - Acceptance of health care sharing ministries as health care coverage. 1. A student's active participation in a health care sharing ministry, as defined under section 2 o f this Act, satisfies any requirement that a student enrolled in an institution of higher education maintain health care coverage, except as provided in subsection 2 . 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, this section does not apply to an international student who is required to maintain health insurance coverage in compliance with federal visa regulations, including students holding J, F, or M visas. Institutions of higher education shall require these students to obtain a health insurance policy that meets the minimum standards provided by the United States department of state and a state board of higher education policy governing health insurance requirements for international students. SECTION 2. A new chapter to title 50 of the North Dakota Century …