CHAPTER 32
HB 143 - FINAL VERSION
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HOUSE BILL 143
AN ACT establishing a committee to address the problem created by the shortage of health care personnel and support staff in New Hampshire.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
This bill establishes a committee to address the problem created by the shortage of health care personnel and support staff in New Hampshire.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing a committee to address the problem created by the shortage of health care personnel and support staff in New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
32:1 Purpose. The general court recognizes that there exists an acute shortage of health care personnel, in particular nurses and other health care workers, in New Hampshire. This bill establishes a committee to study and develop approaches to encourage persons to prepare to enter and continue serving in such professions and vocations.
32:2 Committee Established. There is established a committee to address the problem created by the shortage of health care personnel and other health care workers in the state of New Hampshire.
32:3 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, 2 of whom shall be from the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, one of whom shall be from the senate public institutions, health and human services committee, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. The committee may solicit information from the following:
(a) The New Hampshire Nurses Association.
(b) The New Hampshire Hospital Association.
(c) The New Hampshire Medical Society.
(d) State of New Hampshire State Employees Association.
(e) New Hampshire Association of Home Care Facilities.
(f) Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire.
(g) New Hampshire Health Care Association.
(h) Granite State Home Health Care Association.
(i) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
(j) The New Hampshire board of nursing.
(k) The New Hampshire Association of Counties.
(l) Northern New England Association of Home and Services for the Aging.
(m) Any other person or entity the committee deems relevant to its quest.
III. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
32:4 Duties. The committee's study shall include, but not be limited to the following:
I. How to encourage persons to enter health care personnel professions, especially the nursing profession.
II. How to expand the educational facilities in nursing.
III. Whether to give tax credits to hospitals, nursing homes, and other appropriate facilities.
IV. Whether to award scholarships to health care personnel candidates.
V. Future needs for health care personnel.
VI. Other methods of increasing the availability of health care personnel in New Hampshire.
VII. Whether to establish a statutory advisory committee on the shortage of health care personnel in New Hampshire and determine the nature and scope of such committee.
32:5 Chairperson; Quorum. 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. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
32:6 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, 2001.
32:7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 8, 2001)
(Effective Date: June 8, 2001)