J.P. v. Stark County Social Services Board

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] J.P. appeals a district court judgment affirming a Department of Human Services’ order denying medicaid payment for out-of-state medical care. We affirm, concluding the Department’s decision is supported by a preponderance of the evidence and the Department is not estopped from denying payment for the out-of-state care.

I

[¶ 2] J.P. and his mother are medicaid recipients receiving medicaid benefits through Stark County Social Services. J.P. was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Dickinson, North Dakota, in 2005. At the time of his birth, J.P. had a severe cleft lip and…