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Health and Human Services
April 3, 2024
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09/05
Amendment to HB 322
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to establishing a committee to study the New Hampshire board of medicine and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 5 with the following:
6 Department of Health and Human Services; Certain Licensed Nursing Facilities; Appropriation. Any licensed nursing facilities serving individuals covered by Medicaid with a change in ownership effective in state fiscal year 2023, whose daily Medicaid rate has remained below the state average nursing facility daily rate as calculated by the department of health and human services for the period from July 1, 2022, through the January 1, 2024, rate change shall be eligible for a one-time general fund payment from a pro rata share of a funding pool. Therefore, for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, the sum of $750,000 is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purposes of this section. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
7 Effective Date.
I. Section 6 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a committee to study the New Hampshire board of medicine. This bill further makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services relative to certain licensed nursing facilities.