Selection process

Prior to the end of each biennium, the state health officer shall use the following procedure to select the private nonprofit patient-oriented organization incorporated in North Dakota which will administer grant moneys distributed from the organ transplant support fund provided for by the fifty-second legislative assembly in house bill no. 1499. Selection of the initial grant administrator must be made prior to January 1, 1992. 1. At least thirty days before the deadline for receipt of proposals, an advertisement must be placed in each daily newspaper in North Dakota. The advertisement must run at least once per week for two weeks. Facilities within North Dakota which perform transplants and individuals who have contacted the department in writing requesting a copy of the advertisement must also be mailed a copy of the advertisement at least thirty days prior to the deadline for receipt of proposals. 2. The advertisement must include the date for submission of proposals, a general description of the requirements necessary to meet the qualifications set forth in section 33-03-26-02 and the statutory requirements, where a copy of the specific requirements can be obtained, and a summary of the procedure to be used in making the selection. 3. Prior to submitting an advertisement, the state health officer shall establish a selection committee of five people consisting of the state health officer, two North Dakota transplant recipients, a representative selected by the North Dakota insurance commissioner, and a member of the staff of the department of human services who is familiar with the Medicaid program. 4. Upon receipt, the selection committee shall review and award from one to ten points for each qualification identified in section 33-03-26-02. The three applicants with the highest total score must be invited for a personal interview with the selection committee. 5. At the personal interview, the selection committee shall again score each applicant on each qualification on a scale from one to ten. The applicant with the highest total score, based only on the personal interview, must be offered the contract to administer grant moneys from the organ transplant support fund. If the offer is refused, the applicant with the second highest score must be offered the contract. If the second highest scoring applicant refuses to enter the contract, it must be offered to the third highest scoring applicant. If all three of the highest scoring applicants refuse to accept, the selection process will be reconducted beginning with a readvertisement. The requirement that the grant administrator be selected prior to the beginning of the biennium does not apply if the selection process must be redone. If the selection process is not completed prior to the end of the biennium and completion of the contract with the existing grant administrator, the existing grant administrator shall continue to administer the grant program in accordance with the existing contract.