BISMARCK – A bill to appropriate funds for child-placing agencies for the sake of home studies passed the North Dakota State House.
Rep. Jay Fisher, R-Dis. 5, Minot, sponsored House Bill 1375 which appropriates $262,000 from the general fund not otherwise appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse nonprofit child-placing agencies for the cost of home study reports.
The bill passed by a vote of 92 to 2 and will be sent to the Senate for consideration.