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Health department seeks repeal of diabetes statute to reduce duplication; committee votes do‑pass
Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services told the House Human Services Committee it wants to repeal a statutory requirement for diabetes goals and reporting (NDCC 23‑01‑40), saying the work continues under CDC grants and repeal will remove duplication; the committee later voted to give the bill a do‑pass recommendation
The House Human Services Committee voted to give House Bill 1069 a do‑pass recommendation after hearing testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services asking that the statute requiring diabetes goals and periodic reporting be repealed.
Susan Mormon, health promotion and chronic disease prevention unit director at the Department of Health and Human Services, told the committee that North Dakota Century Code section 23‑01‑40 requires the department, the Indian Affairs Commission and the Public Employees Retirement System to collaborate on goals and benchmarks to reduce diabetes incidence and improve care. Mormon said the department already operates a diabetes prevention and control program funded by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant and maintains a five‑year work plan with annual updates and partner engagement. She said repealing §23‑01‑40 would "streamline our efforts by eliminating unnecessary duplication of work and reduce red tape," while the department would continue data collection, interventions and collaboration with partners.
Mormon told the committee the program has been supported by federal funding for decades and that the department provides the required diabetes information to the CDC on an annual basis. She said the department is redesigning its website and plans to include relevant diabetes program information and that the program’s statistics and data collection indicate progress on prevention and management.
Representative Belz moved the committee do‑pass recommendation on House Bill 1069; Representative Rios seconded. The clerk called the roll and the committee recorded a majority vote in favor; the committee chair announced a do‑pass recommendation.
Mormon told committee members that while the statutory reporting requirement to legislative management would be repealed, the department will continue compiling and sharing the diabetes data with federal partners and stakeholders and intends to make reports available through its website and CDC reporting mechanisms.
The American Diabetes Association submitted written opposition online, according to the clerk’s announcement, but no in‑person opponents spoke at the hearing. Committee members asked for confirmation that partner agencies were aware of the repeal; Mormon said they were.
The committee closed the hearing and approved a do‑pass recommendation for House Bill 1069.
