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Committee hears bill to establish state dementia response program and coordinator
Summary
House Bill 1433 would create a dementia response program in the Department of Health and Human Services, funded at $250,000 per biennium and including one full‑time coordinator. Sponsors and advocates said the program would implement the state Alzheimer’s plan, coordinate outreach, collect data and run public‑awareness and risk‑reduction efforts;
Representative Gretchen Dobrevich told the committee that House Bill 1433 would establish a dementia response program in the Department of Health and Human Services and fund a state dementia coordinator. “This program would implement North Dakota's state Alzheimer's plan, update the plan every three years, and would include convening a work group” of people with dementia, caregivers and relevant providers, she said.
Dobrevich told members the bill has a fiscal note of $250,000 per biennium, which would cover development and implementation and one full‑time employee. She said North Dakota’s existing Dementia Care Services Program provides education, care consultation and resource referral but that the proposed…
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