North Dakota Century Code Title 50. Public Welfare § 50-06-41.3. Behavioral health bed management system

1. The department shall establish and maintain a behavioral health bed management system to improve utilization of behavioral health bed capacity.

2. Public and private providers of residential or inpatient behavioral health services, except the department of corrections and rehabilitation and geropsychiatric facilities, shall participate in and report daily.

3. Geropsychiatric facilities shall participate in and report weekly and within forty-eight hours of a bed becoming available.

4. Public and private providers of residential or inpatient behavioral health services required to participate in and report to the department shall provide the information and documentation necessary to maintain the behavioral health bed management system in the form and manner prescribed by the department, unless otherwise specified.