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Committee advances bill to allow cross-border behavioral health treatment for people on probation or parole
Summary
House Bill 11-08, carried in the Senate by Sen. Tim Matherne, would authorize interstate agreements so people on probation or parole can receive treatment across state lines; committee voted 6-0 to pass the bill and designated a carrier in committee.
House Bill 11-08 would expand existing interstate treatment agreements to permit people on probation or parole to receive mental-health or substance-use treatment across state lines, sponsor Sen. Tim Matherne told the Senate Human Services Committee.
Matherne said the change would remove a barrier for shared border communities such as Moorhead-Fargo and Grand Forks-East Grand Forks where…
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