50-06-37. Developmental disabilities system reimbursement project

50-06-37. Developmental disabilities system reimbursement project The department, in conjunction with developmental disabilities community providers, shall maintain a prospective payment system based on a state-approved assessment. 1. The department shall maintain a steering committee consisting of no more than eighteen representatives from all interested providers which must include no more than two clients, no more than one family member of a client, a representative of the department, and a representative of the North Dakota protection and advocacy project. 2. The department may contract with a consultant to continuously improve, in collaboration with the steering committee, the payment system and the resource allocation model tying funding to the state-approved assessment. 3. The department shall conduct the standardized assessment of eligible individuals residing at the life skills and transition center. 4. Data must be analyzed by the steering committee, and the steering committee shall recommend to the department any rate adjustments, resource allocation modifications, or process assumptions, including the state-approved assessment. 5. The department and the steering committee shall report development activities and status information to an interim legislative committee.