Gov. Kelly Armstrong and Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden (R-ND) North Dakota Monitor
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong will kick off the special session of the Legislature next Wednesday with a State of the State address.
Armstrong will speak to lawmakers as they convene in Bismarck to allocate federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding, Armstrong’s office announced Wednesday.
The address will begin at 10 a.m. and will be livestreamed on the governor’s office website and on the legislative website.
Armstrong is expected to address his executive order that convened the special session and the federal rural health funding, awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law in July.
North Dakota will receive at least $500 million in rural health funding over the next five years, but could receive up to $1 billion. The $199 million award for the first year of the program is about average compared to other states but is one of the largest per-capita awards in the country.
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