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Community-provider groups urge state funding or flexibility for accreditation costs; bill would provide grants to offset expenses
Summary
Senate Bill 2192 would appropriate funds for accreditation grants to community providers. Providers told the committee accreditation can cost $25,000–$40,000 or more and that recent changes require accrediting bodies to evaluate entire organizations; they asked the committee to either make accreditation optional or restore state reimbursement.
Community provider representatives told the Senate Human Services Committee that mandated accreditation for organizations serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities imposes substantial financial and administrative burdens and asked that the state either reimburse accreditation costs or make accreditation optional.
Angela Denias, executive director of the North Dakota Association of Community Providers, said accreditation…
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