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SENATE BILL 161-FN-A

COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of health and human services to construct an architecturally-secure facility in Laconia for the treatment of certain individuals. The bill makes a bonded appropriation for the purposes of the bill. Under this bill, rents paid by area agencies to the state for the program in Laconia shall be deposited into the general 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

244:1 Secure Facility Required; Approvals Required.

I. The department of health and human services may construct an architecturally-secure facility with a maximum of 12 beds in Laconia for treatment of individuals with significant intellectual limitations as well as affective or thought disorders, severe emotional disturbances, and significant functional limitations who engage in behavior that potentially endangers their community.

II. The funds appropriated in 2001, 202:1, IX, E as amended by section 2 of this act shall not be spent, obligated, or encumbered until the department has developed an implementation plan for the 12-bed facility and received the approval of such plan from the capital budget overview committee.

III. The funds appropriated in 2001, 202:1, IX, E as amended by section 2 of this act, other than those for the design of the facility, shall not be spent, obligated, or encumbered until the department obtains reasonable assurance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for participation of this program in the state medicaid program, in the facility constructed under the authority of paragraph I. The department shall provide such assurance to the capital budget overview committee.

IV. The security components of the facility design and implementation plan shall be developed in consultation with a committee of 3 individuals from Laconia selected by the city council.

244:2 Capital Improvements. Amend 2001, 202:1, IX to read as follows:

IX. Department Of Health & Human Services.

A. Patient Res. ADA & Fire Sys/Transitional Housing

- State Office Park South $433,750

B. Asbestos Abatement - State Office Park South 996,250

C. Main Building - ADA, Fire/Life Safety Renovations 265,000

D. MOP Roof Replacement/Wiring, Phone, Alarm - Laconia 210,000

E. Laconia MR Offenders New Building [500,000] 2,000,000

F. Patient Care Network * 700,000

G. LITS (Lab Information Tracking System) * 250,000

H. Bridges Enhancement * 3,000,000

Less Federal -1,500,000

Net state appropriation subparagraph H 1,500,000

I. DFA New Heights Enhancements * 3,100,000

Less Federal -1,550,000

Net state appropriation subparagraph I 1,550,000

J. Public Health Laboratories Replacement Equipment 495,000

Total state appropriation paragraph IX [$6,900,000] $8,400,000

244:3 Total State Appropriation; Capital Improvements. Amend the total state appropriation section 1 of 2001, 202:1, as amended by 2002, 26:11, to read as follows:

Total state appropriation section 1 [$53,521,200] $55,021,200

244:4 Bonds Authorized; Capital Improvements. Amend 2001, 202:8, I, as amended by 2002, 26:12, to read as follows:

I. To provide funds for the total of the appropriations of state funds made in sections 1, 3, and 4 of this act, the state treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow upon the credit of the state not exceeding the sum of [$71,601,700] $73,101,700 and for said purposes may issue bonds and notes in the names and on behalf of the state of New Hampshire in accordance with the provisions of RSA 6-A.

244:5 Intent; Rents.

I. It is the intent that rents paid by the area agency to operate a program in the state-owned facility required to be constructed pursuant to this act be an offset to the annual cost of the additional bonds authorized.

II. Rents paid to the state by the area agency operating the program in Laconia shall be deposited into the general fund.

244:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

(Approved: May 17, 2002)

(Effective Date: July 1, 2002)