North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33 - State Department of Health › Article 33-03 - State Department of Health › Chapter 33-03-26 - Organ Transplant Support Fund › Section 33-03-26-01 - Selection process

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
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.
General Authority: NDCC 23-01-05.1
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 23-01-05.1