Human Services committee backs resolution urging primary prevention of vitamin D deficiency

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The House Human Services Committee voted unanimously to give HCR 3014 a due pass after testimony from nursing and public‑health witnesses who said North Dakotans face unusually high rates of vitamin D deficiency and that testing and targeted prevention could improve outcomes and lower some health costs.

The House Human Services Committee voted 11-0-2 to give a due pass to House Concurrent Resolution 3,014, a nonbinding resolution urging public‑health systems and providers to prioritize primary prevention of vitamin D deficiency through “multifaceted precision public health and medicine approaches.” The committee later placed the resolution on the consent calendar.

Rep. Karen Rohr, a nurse practitioner representing District 31, introduced HCR 3,014 on behalf of the North Dakota Nurses Association and asked the committee to acknowledge that North Dakota’s latitude and population determinants increase the state’s risk for vitamin D deficiency. “We are not asking you to give medical advice,” Rohr said. “A concurrent resolution is about you as the legislature making it a priority to say, we identify and acknowledge the scientific fact that our people are…

Human Services committee backs resolution urging primary prevention of vitamin D deficiency

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