CHAPTER 24

SB 413 - FINAL VERSION

2002 SESSION

02-3170

08/01

SENATE BILL 413

AN ACT establishing a committee to study background checks for nursing home employees.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study background checks for nursing home employees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02-3170

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

AN ACT establishing a committee to study background checks for nursing home employees.

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

24:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study background checks for nursing home employees.

24:2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

24:3 Duties. The committee shall evaluate whether background checks on nursing home employees should be required, and how those background checks should be conducted or implemented.

24:4 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 senate 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.

24:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2002.

24:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: April 2, 2002)

(Effective Date: April 2, 2002)