SB141: (New Title) relative to differential pay of certain direct care employees.

SB 141-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2007 SESSION

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06/01

SENATE BILL 141-FN

AN ACT relative to differential pay of certain direct care employees.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill increases the weekly salary differential of certain direct care 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/08/07 0340s

07-1190

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to differential pay of certain direct care employees.

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

1 Differentials; Direct Care Employees. Amend RSA 99:11, I to read as follows:

99:11 Differentials; Direct Care Employees.

I. The annual salaries of classified employees who are actively engaged in the care and treatment of patients or inmates at the New Hampshire hospital, Laconia developmental services, Glencliff home [for the elderly], New Hampshire veterans’ home, and the youth development center, and the security employees, pharmacists, and dieticians employed at the New Hampshire hospital, shall be increased by a [$5] $25 per week differential. This paragraph shall not apply to those employees who receive hazardous duty pay under RSA 99:10.

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

LBAO

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SB 141-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to differential pay of certain direct care employees.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill will increase state expenditures by $241,522 in FY 2008 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue, or county and local expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Health and Human Services states currently RSA 99:11, I provides a pay differential of $5 per week for classified employees who are actively engaged in the care and treatment of patients or inmates at NH Hospital, Laconia Developmental Services, Glencliff Home for the Elderly, the NH Veteran’s Home, and the Youth Development Center. This bill would delete the reference to Glencliff from RSA 99:11, I and would create a new RSA 99:11, II that would apply only to Glencliff and would call for a $25 per week differential. There are 135 employees at Glencliff who currently receive the $5 per week differential. The proposed increase would cost an additional $1,040 per employee plus benefits calculated at 48.3% and increases in overtime and holiday pay. Assuming an effective date of July 1, 2007, the Department estimates this bill will increase state expenditures by $214,522 in FY 2008 and each year thereafter.