# North Dakota SB 2076: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization and certification of medically necessary medication.

North Dakota SB 2076, AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization and certification of medically necessary medication., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Senate Human Services; status signed, last action 2025-04-18 (Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: North Dakota SB 2076
- State: North Dakota
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization and certification of medically necessary medication.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-04-18, Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16
- Sponsor: Senate Human Services
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (183 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Fewer Medicaid drug approval hurdles: benefit, medium. North Dakota Medical Assistance limits prior approval requirements for nearly all drugs in six groups, regardless of patient age. These include antipsychotics, antidepressants, seizure medicines, HIV medicines, cancer medicines, and drugs that prevent organ transplant rejection. The law removes sep…
- Yearly Medicaid prescription checks for youth: cost, medium. North Dakota Medical Assistance requires yearly medical-need checks for patients under 22 taking five or more qualifying prescriptions at once. Qualifying drugs include antipsychotics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines, mood stabilizers, sedative-hypnotics, and attention deficit hyp…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Human Services

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 | pass | 46 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-28 | House | Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-15 | Senate | Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 | pass | 45 | 2 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2025-04-18: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Signed by Governor 04/16 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-09: Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Concurred (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Returned to Senate (12) (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Amendment adopted, placed on calendar (House)
- 2025-03-25: Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Committee Hearing 11:00 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee (House)
- 2025-01-16: Received from Senate (House)
- 2025-01-15: Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Committee Hearing 09:30 (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee (Senate)

## Bill text

- Adopted by the House Human Services Committee: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-01001m.pdf)
- Enrollment: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-03000.pdf)
- INTRODUCED: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-01000.pdf)
- SENATE BILL NO. 2076 with House Amendments: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-02000.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-01001m.pdf)
- [Enrollment (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-03000.pdf)
- [INTRODUCED (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-01000.pdf)
- [SENATE BILL NO. 2076 with House Amendments (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8085-02000.pdf)

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- [HB 1229: AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1229-202501)
- [SB 2113: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakot…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2113-202501)
- [SB 2147: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 15-10-38.4, a new subsec…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2147-202501)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2076-202501 (as of 2026-10-18).