SB153: making an appropriation for early childhood intervention services.

SB 153-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0863

05/10

SENATE BILL 153-FN-A

AN ACT making an appropriation for early childhood intervention services.

SPONSORS: Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. M. MacKay, Hills. 30; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for early childhood intervention services provided through the family centered early supports and services program.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0863

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT making an appropriation for early childhood intervention services.

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

1 Purpose. It is the intention of the general court to provide sufficient funding to the department of health and human services for early childhood intervention services, through the family centered early supports and services program. Early childhood intervention, such as occupational, physical, and speech-language therapies for developmental disabilities and/or delays, mitigate, improve, and often cure these situations at a critical age, forestalling more extensive and expensive medical or educational intervention at a later age, and best prepare a child for entering school.

2 Department of Health and Human Services; Appropriation. The sum of $1,300,000 in general funds together with federal matching funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and the sum of $1,300,000 in general funds together with federal matching funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, are hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services, for the purpose of providing services to children who have applied and have been determined eligible for early childhood intervention services through the family centered early supports and services program. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.

LBAO 17-0863

1/11/17

SB 153-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

as introduced

AN ACT making an appropriation for early childhood intervention services.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Appropriation

$2,600,000

$2,600,000

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$2,600,000

$2,600,000

$0

$0

Funding Source:

[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Federal Funds

METHODOLOGY:

This bill appropriates $1,300,000 in general funds in each of FY 2018 and FY 2019, (combined with federal matching funds, which will result in a total of $2,600,000 per year in expenditures), for the purposes of providing services to children who applied and are eligible for early childhood intervention services through the family centered early supports and services program.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services