{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-50-06-06.13","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 50-06-06.13","heading":"Treatment services for children with serious emotional disorders","body":"1.The department shall establish a program to provide out-of-home treatment services for a Medicaid-eligible child with a serious emotional disorder. The department may not require a parent or legal guardian to transfer legal custody of the child in order to have the child placed in an out-of-home treatment program if the sole reason for the placement is the need to obtain services for the child's emotional or behavioral problems. With departmental approval, a parent with legal and physical custody or a legal guardian of the child may obtain treatment services for the child through the program. A parent without physical custody of a child, who disagrees with a child's treatment under this section, may request a judicial determination regarding the child's treatment.\n2.The department may establish a program to prevent out-of-home placement for a Medicaid-eligible child with a behavior health condition as defined in the \"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders\", American psychiatric association, fifth edition, text revision (2013).","path":["Title 50 Public Welfare","Chapter 50-06 Department Of Health And Human Services"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t50c06.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"a8ba2c863ba97b278b31befdc280db4a66133fb55086597f703fbfe91b09a672","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-50-06-06.12","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-50-06-06.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}