SB215: (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations.

CHAPTER 367

SB 215-FN-A – FINAL VERSION

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2007 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 215-FN-A

AN ACT relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Rep. Marsh, Rock 17; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Rep. MacKay, Merr 11; Rep. Schulze, Hills 26

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program within the department of health and human services and certain AIDS services organizations.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06Jun2007… 1798h

06/27/07 2288CofC

07-1287

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations.

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

367:1 Department of Health and Human Services; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Program. The department shall expend the sums of $500,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 and $500,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program in the department of health and human services for the purchase of antiretroviral drugs. The department shall fund the program from funds appropriated to the department in the state operating budget in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

367:2 Department of Health and Human Services; Grants to AIDS Services Organizations. The department shall distribute to the specified agencies the total sum of $500,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 and the total sum of $500,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 for grants to the following AIDS services organizations: a Community Resource Network (ACORN) in Lebanon; AIDS Response-Seacoast in Portsmouth; AIDS Services for Monadnock in Keene; the Greater Manchester AIDS Project; and Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force in Nashua. The department shall fund said grants from funds appropriated to the department in the state operating budget in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. The awarding of such grants to the specified agencies by the department of health and human services shall be on a per capita basis. The administration of these grants by the department of health and human services shall follow the procedures established by the Boston Public Health Commission AIDS Program, both for eligibility and billing.

367:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

Approved: July 17, 2007

Effective: July 1, 2007