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Keith, legislative council staff, summarized the most notable changes in the behavioral-health section. The Senate reduced funding for mental-health and substance-use disorder treatment for incarcerated individuals by $2,500,000. \"The line item for mental health and substance use disorder treatment for incarcerated individuals was reduced by the 2 and a half million,\" Keith said. Committee members discussed that the reduced funding would require careful conference negotiation and urged clarification on whether this would change services available in county jails and for state inmates.

The committee added $3,000,000 for a youth crisis stabilization pilot, split evenly between the Community Health Trust Fund and federal dollars — $1.5 million from each source — to fund one pilot project rather than the two projects the governor initially recommended. Keith explained that the governor had proposed $6,000,000 for two pilot projects at two certified community behavioral health clinics (CCBHCs), but the committee arrived at funding for one pilot and said it would circulate a descriptive memo for members.

Members also debated an adjustment to additional substance-use disorder funding tied to an institution for mental disease voucher; the Senate reduced that line by $250,000, leaving $250,000 in place. Senators and representatives discussed whether to prioritize expanding existing programs where there is known capacity rather than launching new initiatives.

Other behavioral-health items discussed included reductions for nursing-home and basic-care behavioral-health training, adjustments to provider inflation assumptions and revenue projections for clinics that shift $2,000,000 from general fund to special funds based on expected third-party payers at CCBHCs. The committee requested further implementation details and administrative rules for pilot projects and voucher administration before concluding the discussion.

There were no formal votes recorded on these items in the transcript; members asked staff to circulate more detailed worksheets, program descriptions and proposed administration rules for use in conference negotiations.

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The analysis shows actual year-to-date revenues for the current biennium at just over $44,000,000 and projects roughly $41,000,000 for the next biennium. \"We don't expect a lot more coming into there,\" Keith said, and he forecast the trust fund would end the new biennium with a balance just shy of $14,000,000 — down from roughly $20,000,000 in an earlier crossover analysis.

The long sheet recap, Keith said, showed the Senate version of the Human Services budget $425,685,760 less than the House version. He walked members through the document and said the committee would take up the notable differences, explaining the Senate rationale where relevant.

Members discussed specific timing and project carryforwards in the trust fund. Keith noted a substantial shift of a child support computer replacement project out of the current biennium and into the 2025–2027 biennium, describing that item as \"an amount in the bill that will be carried forward.\" He urged members to raise questions as the committee moved through the long sheet.

Several senators and representatives pressed for additional documentation and worksheets showing how particular line amounts were derived; Senator Davidson asked that the worksheet Donna had circulated about monthly department costs be shared so members could see how figures were calculated. Committee members also discussed the importance of focusing dollars on direct services rather than administrative spending when making conference decisions.

The committee did not take a formal vote during the portion of the meeting covering the trust fund and long-sheet recap; members agreed to continue the conference committee discussions and to circulate supporting materials requested during the hearing.

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The Senate reduced a line for behavioral-health services for nursing homes and basic-care facilities by $2,000,000; a member said this appeared to fund a third-party contract to provide training to nursing-home staff. The House position had added the item based on concerns about increasing complexity in basic-care residents.

The Senate removed an added FTE for a state dementia coordinator; committee members said they would work to address dementia-care needs in a more comprehensive discussion. The LIHEAP adjustment removed $9,000,000 from other funds due to an accounting change, and foster-care caseload adjustments removed $9,000,000 from general funds and $9,000,000 from federal funds at the department's recommendation.

The Senate removed funding for the Waterford program ($2,400,000), prompting questions from members who said Waterford was highly regarded in the communities they represent. The committee also discussed reinstating ongoing funding for \"Ministry on the Margins\" ($285,000) and Fraser\u0000s limited funding ($300,000), which staff said had been in the previous session but not in the base budget. Members asked staff to confirm ongoing versus one-time status for these items.

Guardianship funding ($6,532,355) was removed based on a reference to Senate Bill 2029; staff said they expected the bill and conference negotiations in another committee to determine how much funding would be needed and noted potential transfer language involving the judiciary. Committee members asked staff to provide dollar amounts and language for any transfer or plug numbers so the conference committee could account for implementation delays.

Committee members repeatedly requested worksheets, amendment language and supporting documents for these and other line items before taking final conference positions. No formal votes were held on these items during the meeting.","Conference committee members reviewed and questioned several line-item changes between the House and Senate Human Services budgets: reductions for nursing-home behavioral-health training, removal of a dementia coordinator FTE, accounting changes to LIHEAP, foster-care caseload adjustments, program eliminations and guardianship funding changes.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6264501,"Committee debates removing $330 million for new state hospital from DHHS budget",291,2800000,3091000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096358-fee289d39ec8630f65985c38dd00f44e&start=2800&end=3091","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096358-fee289d39ec8630f65985c38dd00f44e/thumbnail_2800000.jpg","/articles/6264501/North-Dakota/Committee-debates-removing-330-million-for-new-state-hospital-from-DHHS-budget","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6264501-e8f4ab365210535eb3deee53da40a678/orig.mp4?Expires=1771115677&Signature=gSdJBd8BXvZLumgkvMp0jDqrcOLYD1dDCokBx05uz4AGFuq-tLvnYntqqzqIfWYT5YDlj~we85~4MvOG0lM1oI5kBeVczIq8klVBrTPu5Rlj8qA7eYNL85TJx2k4oHlVEF~Lj2FJ7NPGRtLoxlSf1kWh0N8XBHZL3Qucg1irDw1eHuTCxcWj2KMctr7mUJpPVHK~lOcz0rpLl3r-hHeM5SGyuAJ8ijuIetN58H9vvnNT1F~119VMbxt-rMRSrXAwgWf6aTXlo4rVsT1dtvpkDoy52d~vIzzWYxw5OGHFaMgcXAd8aUJoHmcJf3lQiR1ysdJQ7csyoRzv3bztCy~gMw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Conference committee members debated placement and funding for a proposed new state hospital after the Senate moved a $330,000,000 construction appropriation out of the Department of Health and Human Services budget and into the OMB budget.

\"The construction of the new state hospital was reduced by the $330,000,000 to 0 with it being moved to the OMB budget,\" Keith said. Several members objected to removing the appropriation from the human-services budget, arguing the House and Senate alike have been involved in the project from the beginning and that transferring the funding to OMB risks losing institutional knowledge and the project's current design work.

Lawmakers said the existing design work — which they said has cost millions to produce — would be wasted if the committee required a full redesign. One member called the hospital a \"legacy\" project that should be done \"right from day one\" and urged flexibility in bid language and ad alternates so the project could proceed without repeated later additions that would disrupt operations and raise costs.

Other members said they were open to OMB's technical construction expertise but stressed that the budget should still carry the funds and that steering-committee language and oversight belong in the Human Services budget regardless of where the line-item appropriation resides. No formal funding action was taken in the meeting; members agreed to continue negotiating the funding placement and the bill language in future conference work.

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Committee narrows behavioral-health funding differences; incarceration treatment line cut while youth stabilization pilot gains funding

Conference committee reviews Community Health Trust Fund; House-Senate gap exceeds $425 million

Committee flags multiple Human Services line-item changes, including nursing-home training and guardianship funding

Committee debates removing $330 million for new state hospital from DHHS budget