Title 1 — Government
110 chapters · 1,290 sections in this title.
1 CMC § 20198 Amount, Duration, and Scope of Services
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20198. Amount, Duration, and Scope of Services. The following services may be provided to those determined to be eligible for Medicaid in accordance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Medicaid State Plan…
1 CMC § 20199 Coordination of Medicaid with Medicare Part B
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20199. Coordination of Medicaid with Medicare Part B. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall make the entire range of benefits under part B of Title XVIII available as part of the plan to certain eligible individuals under a buy-…
1 CMC § 20200 Cost Sharing for Medicare Beneficiaries
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20200. Cost Sharing for Medicare Beneficiaries. For Medicaid eligible individuals enrolled in Medicare, the Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall pay the following costs: (a) Premium under Medicare part B; (b) Deductible and coinsur…
1 CMC § 20201 Method of Administration
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20201. Method of Administration. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall employ methods of administration, as described in the plan in this Article, that are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the program. Source:…
1 CMC § 20202 Hearings for Applicants and Recipients
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20202. Hearings for Applicants and Recipients. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency will establish a system of hearings that meets all the requirements of 42 CFR part 431, subpart E, as described in the Medicaid State Plan Amendments…
1 CMC § 20203 Safeguarding Information on Applicants and Recipients
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20203. Safeguarding Information on Applicants and Recipients. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall assure compliance on safeguarding information on applicants and recipients through a system that restricts the use or disclosure…
1 CMC § 20204 Reports and Data
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20204. Reports and Data. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall submit all reports and data as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and law. Source: PL 21-28, § 2 (May 22, 2020). Commission Comment: The Comm…
1 CMC § 20205 Maintenance of Records
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20205. Maintenance of Records. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall maintain or supervises the maintenance of records necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan, including records regarding applications, deter…
1 CMC § 20206 Availability of Agency Program Manuals
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20206. Availability of Agency Program Manuals. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall assure access to program manuals, rules and policies, and the Medicaid State Plan Amendments in this Article by individuals outside the Commonw…
1 CMC § 20207 Required Provider Agreement
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20207. Required Provider Agreement. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall maintain agreements with on and off-island providers furnishing services under the plan in which the provider agrees to: (a) Keep any record(s) necessary …
1 CMC § 20208 Relation with Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies and Title V Grantees and Other Agencies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20208. Relation with Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies and Title V Grantees and Other Agencies. (a) The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall coordinate its Medicaid program activities with other agency activities including Title V…
1 CMC § 20209 Payment for Services
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20209. Payment for Services. (a) The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation is the single, primary provider of all Medicaid medical and public health services, both inpatient and outpatient, throughout the Commonwealth. The Commonwe…
1 CMC § 20210 Third-party Liability
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20210. Third-party Liability. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall assure, to the extent possible, the identification of a liable third-party to pay for services under the plan and for payment of claims involving third parties …
1 CMC § 20211 Standards of Personnel Administration
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20211. Standards of Personnel Administration. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency and its employees shall be covered by the Civil Service Act, 1 CMC § 8101, et. seq. Source: PL 21-28, § 2 (May 22, 2020). Commission Comment: The Comm…
1 CMC § 20212 Fiscal Policies and Accountability
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20212. Fiscal Policies and Accountability. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall maintain an accounting system and supporting fiscal records to assure that claims for federal funds are in accord with applicable federal requireme…
1 CMC § 20213 Access to Records
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20213. Access to Records. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall assure that the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Comptroller General of the U.S., and other cognizant federa…
1 CMC § 20214 Cost Allocation
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20214. Cost Allocation. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency will claim federal financial participation (FFP) for Medicaid costs in accordance with the cost allocation plan approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Sour…
1 CMC § 20215 Plan Amendments
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20215. Plan Amendments. (a) Commonwealth Medicaid Agency may, on its own initiative, request plan changes at any time, as long as the provisions of Title 19 U.S.C. § 1902(j) and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human…
1 CMC § 20216 Nondiscrimination
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20216. Nondiscrimination. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency shall assure that no individual shall be subjected to discrimination under the plan in this Article on the grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, religion or disab…
1 CMC § 20217 Commonwealth Governor’s Review
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20217. Commonwealth Governor’s Review. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency will provide the Office of the Governor with the opportunity to review amendments, any new state plan and subsequent amendments, and long-range program plann…
1 CMC § 20218 Drug-free Workplace Certification
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 20218. Drug-free Workplace Certification. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency certifies that it will maintain a drugfree workplace as a condition for federal grant application. Source: PL 21-28, § 2 (May 22, 2020). Commission Commen…
1 CMC § 2051 Office of the Governor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2051. Office of the Governor. There is in the Commonwealth government the office of the Governor, composed of the Governor, the Governor’s Council, and offices and functions as set forth within Part 2 of Executive Order 94-3 as a…
1 CMC § 2052 Office of the Governor: Staff
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2052. Office of the Governor: Staff. The Governor may employ staff as required to assist the office of the Governor in performing its functions, subject to budgetary appropriation. Such positions shall be exempt from the civil se…
1 CMC § 2053 Office of the Governor: Duties
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§ 2053 TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2053. Office of the Governor: Duties. (a) The Governor has the power and duties as provided in the Commonwealth Constitution or as provided by law. In addition, the Governor shall receive official visitors and conduct offi…
1 CMC § 2071 Health Planning and Development Agency: Establishment
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2071. Health Planning and Development Agency: Establishment. There is in the office of the Governor the Commonwealth Health Planning and Development Agency, headed by an executive director. Source: PL 3-49, § 2. Commission Commen…
1 CMC § 2072 Health Planning and Development Agency: Powers and Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2072. Health Planning and Development Agency: Powers and Duties. The Health Planning and Development Agency shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To conduct the health planning and development activities of the Commonwe…
1 CMC § 2073 Health Planning and Development Agency: Staff
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2073. Health Planning and Development Agency: Staff. The Executive Director of the Health Planning and Development Agency may employ staff as required to assist the executive director and the Commonwealth Health Coordinating Coun…
1 CMC § 2074 Health Planning and Development Agency: Rules and Regulations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2074. Health Planning and Development Agency: Rules and Regulations. The executive director shall adopt rules and regulations regarding those matters over which the agency has jurisdiction. Source: PL 3-49, § 11. Commission Comme…
1 CMC § 2075 Health Coordinating Council: Appointment; Procedures
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2075. Health Coordinating Council: Appointment; Procedures. (a) There is in the Commonwealth government the Commonwealth Health Coordinating Council, composed of 16 members appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submit…
1 CMC § 2076 Health Coordinating Council: Powers and Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2076. Health Coordinating Council: Powers and Duties. The Commonwealth Health Coordinating Council shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To review and approve, disapprove, or modify the preliminary health plan developed…
1 CMC § 2077 Commonwealth Health Plan: Action by Governor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2077. Commonwealth Health Plan: Action by Governor. (a) The Commonwealth health plan, or any revised Commonwealth health plan approved by the council, shall be the official health plan for the Commonwealth upon its approval by th…
1 CMC § 2081 Coastal Resources Management Office
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2081. Coastal Resources Management Office. (a) There is in the office of the Governor a Coastal Resources Management Office, to be administered by the Coastal Resources Management Program Administrator, an appointee of the Govern…
1 CMC § 2082 Coastal Resources Management Office: Annual Report
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2082. Coastal Resources Management Office: Annual Report. Within 60 days after the end of the fiscal year, the Coastal Resources Management Office shall submit to the Governor and legislature an annual report on the activities of…
1 CMC § 2091 Liaison Offices: Hawaii and Guam
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2091. Liaison Offices: Hawaii and Guam. There are within the office of the Governor offices to be known as the “Marianas Hawaii Office,” to be located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the “Marianas Guam Office,” to be located in the Terr…
1 CMC § 2092 Liaison Offices: Responsibilities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2092. Liaison Offices: Responsibilities. The liaison officer for Hawaii shall maintain the office headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the liaison officer for Guam shall maintain the office headquarters in the Territory of Guam.…
1 CMC § 2093 Liaison Offices: Compensation and Budget
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2093. Liaison Offices: Compensation and Budget. (a) The liaison officers shall receive compensation as prescribed by the Governor, pursuant to the budgetary appropriations. In addition, they shall each receive an allowance each f…
1 CMC § 2094 Liaison Offices: Annual Reports
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2094. Liaison Offices: Annual Reports. The liaison officers shall submit by the second Monday of each January a written report to the Governor and the legislature documenting the official activities of their offices during the pr…
1 CMC § 2097 Placement in the Office of the Governor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2097. Placement in the Office of the Governor. All administrative duties and authority with regards to developmental disabilities is hereby placed within CNMI Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council the Office of the Govern…
1 CMC § 2901 Appointments: General
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2901. Appointments: General. Except as otherwise provided by law, the appointment of persons as department heads, board members or commission members is to be consistent with the following principles: (a) No person may be appoint…
1 CMC § 2902 Appointments: Legislative Consent Required
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2902. Appointments: Legislative Consent Required. Appointments to positions which require the advice and consent of the Senate, or the Senate and House, or which required the advice and consent of members of senatorial districts …
1 CMC § 2903 Appointments: Consent by Senatorial District Required
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2903. Appointments: Consent by Senatorial District Required. If an appointment requires the advice and consent of the majority of the members of the legislature from the senatorial district in which the appointee is to serve, the…
1 CMC § 2904 Appointments: Failure to Confirm
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2904. Appointments: Failure to Confirm. If the appointment is not confirmed by the Senate, or House, or by a majority of members from the senatorial district within 90 consecutive calendar days from the date the person was appoin…
1 CMC § 3101 Establishment of Supreme Court
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3101. Establishment of Supreme Court. There is hereby established, in the judicial branch of the Commonwealth government, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Admissions to the bar are to be gover…
1 CMC § 3102 Jurisdiction
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3102. Jurisdiction. (a) The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over judgments and orders of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth. (b) The Supreme Court has original but not exclusive jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus…
1 CMC § 3103 Appeals: Powers of the Supreme Court
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3103. Appeals: Powers of the Supreme Court. On appeal, the Supreme Court may affirm, modify, vacate, set aside or reverse the judgment, order or decree appealed from, and remand the cause and direct the entry of such appropriate j…
1 CMC § 3104 Supervisory Jurisdiction
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3104. Supervisory Jurisdiction. The Supreme Court has supervisory jurisdiction over the Superior Court of the Commonwealth and its judges. Source: PL 6-25, § 3, ch. 1 (§ 3104).
1 CMC § 3105 Appeals: Procedure and Rules
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3105. Appeals: Procedure and Rules. The time within which an appeal may be taken and the manner and procedure of an appeal shall be prescribed by rules adopted by the Supreme Court in accordance with 1 CMC § 3403. Source: PL 6-25,…
1 CMC § 3106 Justices of the Supreme Court
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3106. Justices of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth and two Associate Justices. Source: PL 6-25, § 3, ch. 1 (§ 3106).
1 CMC § 3107 Appeals Determined by Three Justices
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3107. Appeals Determined by Three Justices. Appeals to the Supreme Court shall be heard and determined by a panel consisting of the Chief Justice and two Associate Justices. If the Chief Justice is disqualified, he or she shall ap…
1 CMC § 3108 Supreme Court Jurisdiction; Pending Cases
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3108. Supreme Court Jurisdiction; Pending Cases. (a) Commonwealth Trial Court Cases. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over all decisions, orders, judgments, or other appealable actions of the Commonwealth Trial Court w…