Program review

1. A program whose application to participate in or payment through the substance use disorder treatment voucher system or request for reimbursement of medical expenses is denied or revoked may request a review of the decision by filing, within thirty days of the date of the department's notice of denial or revocation, a written notice with the department which includes a statement of each disputed item and the reason for the dispute. 2. A provider may not request review under this section if the denial or revocation is of a result of an exhaustion of appropriated funds for the substance use disorder treatment voucher system or reimbursement of medical expenses, provider no longer being licensed under article 75-09.1, submission of an invalid voucher or request for reimbursement of medical expenses, or the provider's application being considered withdrawn. 3. Within thirty days after requesting a review, a provider shall provide to the department all documents, written statements, exhibits, and other written information that supports the request for review. 4. The department shall assign a provider's request for review to someone other than an individual who was involved in the denial or revocation. A provider who has requested review may contact the department for an informal conference regarding the review any time before the department has issued its final decision. 5. The department shall make and issue its final decision within seventy-five days of receipt of the notice of request for review. The department's final decision must conform to the requirements of North Dakota Century Code section 28-32-39. A provider may appeal the final decision of the department to the district court in the manner provided in North Dakota Century Code section 28-32-42, and the district court shall review the department's final decision in the manner provided in North Dakota Century Code section 28-32-46. The judgment of the district court in an appeal from a request for review may be reviewed in the supreme court on appeal by any party in the same manner as provided in North Dakota Century Code section 28-32-49. 6. Upon receipt of notice that the provider has appealed its final decision to the district court, the department shall make a record of all documents, written statements, exhibits, and other written information submitted by the provider, affiliate, or the department in connection with the request for review and the department's final decision on review, which constitutes the entire record. Within thirty days after an appeal has been taken to district court as provided in this section, the department shall prepare and file in the office of the clerk of the district court in which the appeal is pending the original or a certified copy of the entire record, and that record must be treated as the record on appeal for purposes of North Dakota Century Code section 28-32-44.