CHAPTER 285
HB 618-FN-A - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 618-FN-A
AN ACT establishing a voucher program for smoking cessation.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill establishes a smoking cessation voucher program to be administered by the department of health and human services and funded from the tobacco use prevention fund.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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99-0444
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a voucher program for smoking cessation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
285:1 New Chapter; Smoking Cessation Voucher Program. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 126-N the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 126-O
SMOKING CESSATION VOUCHER PROGRAM
126-O:1 Definitions. In this chapter:
I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
II. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
126-O:2 Program Established; Rulemaking.
I. There is established the smoking cessation program which shall be administered by the department. The department shall make available to persons receiving temporary assistance to needy families, vouchers which may be issued to persons for smoking cessation aids and educational programs. Vouchers shall not be issued for pharmaceuticals which are covered under medicaid.
II. The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) An application process and manner of distribution of vouchers.
(b) Authorized smoking cessation aids and educational programs.
(c) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this chapter.
285:2 Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 126-O as inserted by section 1 of this act, the sum of $150,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and $150,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003, from the moneys received under RSA 126-K:15, the tobacco use prevention fund.
285:3 Repeal. RSA 126-O, relative to a smoking cessation voucher program, is repealed.
285:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 21, 2000)
(Effective Date: I. Section 3 shall take effect July 1, 2003
II. Remainder of act shall take effect June 21, 2000)
LBAO
99-0444
Amended 3/24/00
HB 618 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT establishing a voucher program for smoking cessation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services has indicated this bill, as amended by the House, will increase state expenditures by $88,720 in FY2001, FY2002 and FY2003. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or state, county and local revenues.
This bill appropriates $150,000 each year in FY 2001, FY 2002 and FY 2003 to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Tobacco Use Prevention Fund established in RSA 126-K:15.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department assumes there are approximately 1,109 adult smokers receiving TANF services. The Department used the "Freedom from Smoking" Program of the American Lung Association as a model for determining the $305 cost per person for the Smoking Cessation Program. The Department indicated that Medicaid would cover $225 of this cost, leaving a net cost of $80 per person.