2003 SESSION

03-0581

01/09

HOUSE BILL 263

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes an oversight committee to review the allocation of funds to those persons on the developmental disabilities waitlist.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0581

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

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

10:1 New Section; Oversight Committee Established. Amend RSA 171-A by inserting after section 1-b the following new section:

171-A:1-c Oversight Committee; Establishment.

I. There shall be an oversight committee to review the allocation of funds to persons with severe developmental disabilities classified as priority A or B consisting of 6 members as follows:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.

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

II. Membership on the oversight committee shall be for the biennium and shall be coterminous with membership in the general court.

III. The oversight committee shall have a chairperson who shall be chosen by vote from among the committee membership. The chairperson's term of office shall be for the biennium. The committee shall have a clerk who shall be chosen by vote by members of the committee. The clerk's term of office shall be for the biennium. The legislative members of the committee shall receive legislative mileage when in performance of their duties.

IV. The committee's duties shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Reviewing the allocation of funds to persons with severe developmental disabilities classified as priority A or B.

(b) Making recommendations to the commissioner.

(c) Submitting quarterly reports, together with any recommendations for legislation, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the governor.

10:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: April 22, 2003)

(Effective Date: June 21, 2003)