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SENATE BILL 182-FN-A

AN ACT establishing a brain injury program and making an appropriation therefor.

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes the brain injury program and inserts a new PAU into the operating budget for the program.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

5/9/01 1102s

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01-0592

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

AN ACT establishing a brain injury program and making an appropriation therefor.

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

245:1 New Subparagraph; Added Duty; Advisory Council; Brain Injury Program. Amend RSA 137-K:2, IV by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:

(f) Review the status of the brain injury program, established under RSA 137-K:9, and recommend to the commissioner priorities and criteria for disbursement of appropriations available to the program.

245:2 Rulemaking Added; Brain Injury Program. Amend RSA 137-K:3, VIII to read as follows:

VIII. Eligibility criteria and objectives for the brain injury program, established under RSA 137-K:9.

IX. Any other matter necessary for the administration of this chapter.

245:3 New Section; Brain Injury Program. Amend RSA 137-K by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

137-K:9 Brain Injury Program Established. There shall be established in the department a brain injury program to provide direct services on behalf of individuals and their families affected by brain injuries, including, but not limited to, community resource coordination, support of a statewide toll-free number for information and assistance, family support, advocacy and vocational support; to administer the brain and spinal cord injury registry; and to fund the injury prevention effort.

245:4 Supplemental Appropriation; New PAU; Brain Injury Program. Amend 2001, 130:1 by inserting after PAU 05, 01, 13, 09 the following new PAU:

FISCAL YEAR 2002

05 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

01 DEPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SVCS

13 DIV OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

10 NH BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM

90 PROGRAM EXPENDITURES G 400,000

TOTAL 400,000

ESTIMATED SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR

NH BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM

00 FEDERAL FUNDS 200,000

GENERAL FUND 200,000

245:5 Totals Adjustment. The legislative budget assistant shall have the authority to adjust budget totals as necessitated by section 4 of this act.

245:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: May 17, 2002)

(Effective Date: May 17, 2002)