HB712: (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services.

CHAPTER 44

HB 712-FN – FINAL VERSION

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2004 SESSION

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01/09

HOUSE BILL 712-FN

AN ACT: establishing a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services.

SPONSORS: Rep. French, Merr 34

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07Jan2004… 2400h

03-0967

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT: establishing a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services.

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

44:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services.

44:2 Membership and Compensation.

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

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

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

II. The committee shall solicit input from representatives of organizations, including but not limited to:

(a) The New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice at the university of New Hampshire.

(b) County human services departments.

(c) The Community Services Council of New Hampshire.

(d) The division of elderly and adult services, department of health and human services.

(e) The office of state planning and energy programs.

(f) Providers of services for the Home and Community-Based Care for the Elderly and Chronically Ill program (HCBC-ECI).

(g) The department of insurance.

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

44:3 Duties. The committee shall:

I. Study computer-based case management systems and costs related to implementation of such systems.

II. Identify gaps in service in various regions across the state and how to track such gaps.

III. Review the findings of the committee to study the development of home and community-based long-term supports for the elderly and adults with disabilities (2002, 55), and consider its recommendations for future legislation.

IV. Develop strategies for ensuring that the appropriate providers are aware of the provisions of RSA 151-E:7, pertaining to needs assessments for applicants for nursing facility services, and that clients are provided such assessments, and information and assistance, as set forth in RSA 151-E:9 prior to entering nursing homes.

V. Identify the cost data that would be most useful and meaningful and determine the most appropriate method for obtaining such data, including the basis for each cost, from providers for the Home and Community-Based Care for the Elderly and Chronically Ill Program to assist the state in adopting reimbursement rates that would support appropriate levels of staffing.

VI. Review the need for a consumer guide on long-term care insurance and the type of information that should be included in such a guide. Information considered for publication in a consumer guide shall include, but shall not be limited to: a list of all of the companies that sell long-term care insurance in the state, and the number of complaints and valid complaints filed against each company relative to its long-term care products. If it is determined that a consumer guide should be published, the committee shall determine the appropriate agency to develop, publish, and disseminate such guide.

44:4 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 house 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.

44:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2004.

44:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: May 3, 2004)

(Effective Date: May 3, 2004)