CHAPTER 205
HB 1607 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1607
AN ACT establishing a study committee to consider legislation reducing to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received Medicaid services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burnham, Ches 8; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 3; Rep. Potter, Merr 24; Rep. Emerton, Hills 7; Rep. Dowling, Rock 13; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Sen. Squires, Dist 12; Sen. Gordon, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
This bill establishes a study committee to address the distribution of Medicaid services to persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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00-2345
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a study committee to consider legislation reducing to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received Medicaid services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
205:1 Committee Established. There is established a study committee to consider legislation which would require New Hampshire to reduce to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received Medicaid services for which they are eligible.
205:2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be comprised of:
(a) Four members of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the committee chairperson.
(b) Three members of the senate public institutions, health and human services committee, appointed by the committee chairperson.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
205:3 Duties. The committee shall consider legislation which would require New Hampshire to reduce to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received Medicaid services for which they are eligible. The committee shall also consider the minimum time frame and costs required to accomplish this reduction.
205:4 Chairperson. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.
205:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2000.
205:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 30, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 29, 2000)