CHAPTER 55
HB 1182 - FINAL VERSION
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2002 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1182
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the development of home and community-based long-term supports for the elderly and adults with disabilities.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill establishes a committee to study the development of home and community-based long-term supports for the elderly and adults with disabilities.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01-2277
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the development of home and community-based long-term supports for the elderly and adults with disabilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
55:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the development of home and community-based long-term supports for the elderly and adults with disabilities. The committee shall evaluate the progress of 1998, 388 (SB 409) in establishing an infrastructure for the development of home and community-based long-term supports, based on the needs and desires of consumers of these services.
55:2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
III. The committee shall solicit such information from the department of health and human services, office of community supports and long-term care, service providers, and consumers as may be helpful to the committee in the performance of its duties.
55:3 Duties. The committee shall study:
I. The progress made in implementing the goals of 1998, 388.
II. The barriers to creating home and community-based long-term supports for the elderly and adults with disabilities.
III. The needs and preferences of consumers with regard to long-term support.
IV. The options for legislation to re-enact the goals of 1998, 388.
55:4 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.
55:5 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, 2002.
55:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: April 26, 2002)
(Effective Date: April 26, 2002)