Evangelical Good Samaritan Society v. North Dakota Department of Human Services

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Department of Human Services appeals from a judgment reversing the Department’s dismissal of Emma Rieger’s appeal challenging its denial of her Medicaid application and remanding for a fair hearing on the application. Because the law allows The Evangelical Good Samaritan Society, doing business as the Good Samaritan Society-Mott (“Society”), to act as Rieger’s authorized representative for purposes of appealing the Department’s denial of her Medicaid application, we affirm the judgment.

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[¶2] On March 21, 2013, Rieger entered the Society’s basic care facility in…