Get ready to apply
North Dakota Health and Human Services
Medicaid Buy-In for Children with Disabilities
What you get
Medicaid coverage for a child with a disability, with a premium equal to 5% of countable income. Open now.
- Who starts it
- You, with a document from your doctor
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes, plus waiting for the document
- Last checked
- Aug 28, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Your child is 18 or under.
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Ask your doctor for the documentStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.
North Dakota Health and Human Services needs a note confirming the diagnosis from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.
Hi [doctor’s name], We’d like to apply to North Dakota Health and Human Services’s Medicaid Buy-In for Children with Disabilities. They offer medicaid coverage for a child with a disability, with a premium equal to 5% of countable income, and they are taking applications now. They need a note confirming the diagnosis from you. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.hhs.nd.gov/healthcare/medicaid/eligibility Could you do that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us. [your name] · [phone]
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Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 28, 2026What the form asks for
They don’t publish the questions in advance. Have your contact details, your child’s diagnosis and date, and the hospital’s name to hand.
Have ready
- Income and applicable identity/asset verification.
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Submit it on their websiteSend the document with your application, or the way they ask.
- Apply online or submit the appropriate official paper form.
After you send
Save confirmation and respond to any verification request. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.