BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A six-member committee is meeting Bismarck to try to negotiate a compromise on an unresolved measure in this year's Legislature that affects public employee benefits.
The committee hearing is Monday at the state Capitol. If an agreement is reached, the Legislature could reconvene June 16.
The session ended in April two days short of the maximum permitted under the state constitution. But House and Senate were still at odds over a provision in legislation aimed at ensuring that thousands of public employees, including lawmakers, can keep the same health benefits and medical providers when their insurer changes July 1.
Senate leaders likened House amendments to the bill as micromanaging and say they could jeopardize the new contract with Sanford Health and spur legal action.