CHAPTER 199
SB 184-FN – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
01/03
SENATE BILL 184-FN
AN ACT relative to residential home care services providers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Schulze, Hills 26; Rep. Price, Hills 26
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill changes the number of persons that a certified facility that provides services in a residential setting as an alternative to a nursing home may care for from one to fewer than 3.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-1138
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to residential home care services providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
199:1 Residential Home Care Service Providers. Amend RSA 151:9, VIII to read as follows:
VIII. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall establish a program, by rule, to certify facilities that provide services to [one individual] fewer than 3 individuals, beyond room and board care, in a residential setting, as an alternative to nursing facility care, which offers residents a home-like living arrangement, social, health, or medical services, including, but not limited to, medical or nursing supervision, medical care or treatment by appropriately trained or licensed individuals, assistance in daily living, or protective care.
199:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: August 17, 2007