# N.D. Cent. Code § 50-06-01.1: 50-06-01.1. Department of health and human services to be substituted for public welfare board of North Dakota and social service board of North Dakota, members of board, commissioner, and department of human services

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.D. Cent. Code § 50-06-01.1
- **Heading:** 50-06-01.1. Department of health and human services to be substituted for public welfare board of North Dakota and social service board of North Dakota, members of board, commissioner, and department of human services
- **Jurisdiction:** North Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** ND Code / Title 50 / Chapter 50-06 / Section 50-06-01.1

## Text

50-06-01.1. Department of health and human services to be substituted for public

welfare board of North Dakota and social service board of North Dakota, members of

board, commissioner, and department of human services.

When the terms "public welfare board of North Dakota", "social service board of North

Dakota", "executive director of the public welfare board", "executive director of the social service

board", "department of human services", or "executive director of the department of human

services", "member of the public welfare board", or "member of the social service board", or any

derivative of those terms which, when used in context indicates an intention to refer to those

persons or that board, appear in the North Dakota Century Code, the term "department of

health and human services", or the term "commissioner of the department of health and human

services", as the case may be, must be substituted therefor. It is the intent of the legislative

assembly that the department of health and human services must be substituted for, shall take

any action previously to be taken by, and shall perform any duties previously to be performed by

the public welfare board of North Dakota, by the social service board of North Dakota, by the

department of human services, or by the state department of health. The legislative council may

replace references to the "department of human services" or "executive director of the

department of human services" or any derivatives of those terms with "department of health and

human services" or "executive director of the department of health and human services" in any

measure enacted by the sixty-seventh legislative assembly. The legislative council may replace

references to the "executive director of the department of human services" or any derivatives of

those terms with "commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee" in

any measure enacted by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly.

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