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Families and advocates urge continuation and refinement of paid family‑caregiver pilot
Summary
Senate Bill 2305 would continue and refine North Dakota’s paid family caregiver pilot. Families and disability advocates lauded the pilot but asked for changes to assessment tools and parity of pay across age groups; the Department of Health and Human Services described rollout data and waitlist numbers.
Senate Bill 2305 drew extended public testimony from family caregivers, advocacy groups and the Department of Health and Human Services about the state's paid family caregiver pilot. Supporters asked the Legislature to continue funding the pilot and to revise assessment and payment rules before folding the service into Medicaid waivers.
Sen. Kathy Hogan, sponsor: “The family paid caregiver was designed to try and address some of those issues… This bill was introduced at the request of a group of families who had advocated for the family caregiver program 2 years ago and wanted it to be reviewed and continued.”
Tina Bate, director of the Developmental Disability Section at the Department of Health and Human Services, delivered…
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