CHAPTER 270
HB 240 - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 240
AN ACT requiring the department of health and human services to develop a plan reducing the number of persons awaiting certain services for developmental disabilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burnham, Ches 8; Rep. Batula, Hills. 18; Rep. Seldin, Merr 17; Rep. Manning, Ches 9; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Sen. Gordon, Dist 2; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires the department of health and human services to develop a plan to address the needs of persons who are on waiting lists for services under RSA 171-A.
This bill resulted from the committee established under 2000, 205.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT requiring the department of health and human services to develop a plan reducing the number of persons awaiting certain services for developmental disabilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
270:1 Department of Health and Human Services; Plan to Reduce Waitlist for Persons With Developmental Disabilities Required.
I.(a) The department of health and human services shall develop a plan to address the needs of persons who are waitlisted for services under RSA 171-A. The plan shall reflect partnership with people with developmental disabilities and their families and shall support the choice and control of consumers and their families in the delivery of services and supports. The plan shall include the following:
(1) A method to reduce the waitlist over a period of 5 years and to reduce the waiting period to 90 days.
(2) A description of minimum supports and services available to all eligible individuals and their families.
(3) A method for determining eligibility criteria for different levels of services.
(4) A method for adjusting support and service levels on the basis of the needs of the eligible individual combined with family or other circumstances affecting the support of the individual.
(5) A method for determining the circumstances when out-of-home, 24-hour care may be necessary.
(6) A description of how the plan would be implemented on a statewide basis.
(7) Statutory changes that would be required to implement the plan.
(b) The plan shall include an analysis of the budgetary and programmatic effects of providing supports and services for all eligible individuals and their families.
II. The plan required under paragraph I shall be completed on or before November 1, 2001 and the reductions to the waitlist shall commence July 1, 2002. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit a copy of the plan to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the governor, and the oversight committee established under RSA 171-A:1-b.
270:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: July 16, 2001)
(Effective Date: July 16, 2001)