---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to medical assistance coverage for pregnant women; and to provide an availability date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to medical assistance coverage for pregnant women; and to provide an availability date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1515"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1515 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID OR MEDICARE - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; MEDICAL SERV", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heckaman", "Mathern", "Mitskog", "Schneider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/497619be-0f65-4cec-9793-08f715327285"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1515.html"
source_hash: "a8743235ea66ec88f7f4f3ff93bc601b0756232054c5955400eded5851f6e9ff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1515 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to medical assistance coverage for pregnant women; and to provide an availability date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1014-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1014-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1014-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1014-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1014-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Mathern — primary (person)
- Mitskog — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Motion to reconsider laid on table
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-11** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-22** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned to House
- **2019-03-29** Signed by President
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-08** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/497619be-0f65-4cec-9793-08f715327285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).