Health Services Committee

1003 § 23 Study the ability of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences to meet the health care needs of the state, including a review of the health care needs of the state, options to address the health care needs of the state, and the feasibility and desirability of expanding the School of Medicine and Health Sciences to meet the health care needs of the state

1004 § 8 Study the regional public health network pilot project conducted during the 2009-11 biennium, including services provided, effects of the project on participating local public health units, efficiencies achieved in providing services, cost-savings to state and local governments, and possible improvements to the program

1152 § 3 Study the future of health care delivery in the state, including focus on the delivery of health care in rural areas of the state and include input from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center for Rural Health, hospitals, and the medical community

4012 Study the feasibility and desirability of placing the entire Fort Berthold Reservation in a single public health unit

Receive report from the State Fire Marshal each interim on the State Fire Marshal's findings and any recommendation for legislation to improve the effectiveness of the law on reduced ignition propensity standards for cigarettes (NDCC § 18-13-02(6))

Contract with a private entity, after receiving recommendations from the Insurance Commissioner, to provide a cost-benefit analysis of every legislative measure mandating health insurance coverage of services or payment for specified providers of services, or an amendment that mandates such coverage or payment (NDCC § 54-03-28)

Receive report from the State Department of Health before January 1, 2012, April 1, 2012, and July 1, 2012, on the status and outcome of the department's creation of an inventory of material gathered relating to abortions and a report outlining the department's practices in gathering the items in the inventory (2011 House Bill No. 1297, Section 15)

Receive report from the Health Council by July 1, 2012, regarding the findings of its review of current health care bed recommendations and whether changes should be made to better serve the population of North Dakota (2011 House Bill No. 1040, Section 3)