republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2052.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 26.1‑36‑09.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individual and group health insurance coverage of telehealth services; and to amend and reenact section 54‑52.1‑04.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employees retirement system uniform group insurance coverage of telehealth services."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 26.1‑36‑09.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individual and group health insurance coverage of telehealth services; and to amend and reenact section 54‑52.1‑04.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employees retirement system uniform group insurance coverage of telehealth services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2052"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2052 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DRUGS; HEALTH; SAFETY", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Human Services"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebc39556-59fa-4f2e-9d12-32181afde842"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2052.html"
source_hash: "eb2bbe1a7d218111e9e480cb6de24cfb69a926b81a6d91e8554eac30b20faaab"
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 SB 2052 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact section 26.1‑36‑09.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individual and group health insurance coverage of telehealth services; and to amend and reenact section 54‑52.1‑04.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employees retirement system uniform group insurance coverage of telehealth services.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-0120-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0120-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0120-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0120-03000.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2052 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0120-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 85 YEAS, 5 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 88 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-01-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-11** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2017-03-31** Conference committee appointed J. Lee Anderson Heckaman
- **2017-04-05** Conference committee appointed B. Anderson Kiefert Schneider
- **2017-04-10** Appoint Rep. Weisz to replace Rep. Kiefert on conference committee
- **2017-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House recede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House recede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by President
- **2017-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebc39556-59fa-4f2e-9d12-32181afde842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).