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SB81: authorizing the department of health and human services to hire certain personnel and making an appropriation therefor.
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- Tom Sherman Senate · Dist 24
- Robert Renny Cushing House · Rock 21
- Michael A Edgar House · Rock 21
- Tamara Le House · Rock 31
- Dennis J Malloy House · Rock 23
- McMahon House · Rock 7
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SB 81-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0425
01/03
SENATE BILL 81-FN-A
AN ACT authorizing the department of health and human services to hire certain personnel and making an appropriation therefor.
ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the commissioner of the department of health and human services to hire certain personnel.
This bill is a result of the commission on the seacoast cancer cluster investigation, established in RSA 126-A:74.
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19-0425
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT authorizing the department of health and human services to hire certain personnel and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Positions; Department of Health and Human Services.
I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services is authorized to hire persons for the following positions:
(a) A state public health toxicologist.
(b) An environmental health coordinator.
(c) An environmental health promotion advisor.
(d) Five persons to staff a surveillance, investigation, and response unit.
(e) A water quality analyst and a clinical analyst.
(f) A state public health veterinarian.
(g) An environmental health liason.
II. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for the amount necessary to pay for the positions authorized in paragraph I out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
19-0425
1/15/19
SB 81-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT authorizing the department of health and human services to hire certain personnel and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:
FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
Appropriation
$1,302,000
$1,287,000
$1,349,000
$1,363,000
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Expenditures
$1,302,000
$1,287,000
$1,349,000
$1,363,000
Funding Source:
[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other
METHODOLOGY:
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services to hire 12 new positions including five persons to staff a surveillance, investigation, and response unit. It also authorizes a general fund appropriation for the amount needed to fund the positions specified within the bill.
The bill does not establish salaries for the positions authorized, but the Department provided cost estimates based on hiring at labor grades noted next to each position title in the following table. The Department states it would need to hire all individuals beginning at step 5. Each position has cost estimates for 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) with the exception of the Program Planner III, which has cost estimates for 3 FTE of the same title and labor grade. FY 2020 includes a one-time cost for equipment within each position in addition to other expenses.
Position Totals Including Salary, Benefits, and Other Expenses
Position Title
FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
Toxicologist V – LG 32
$131,000
$130,000
$136,000
$137,000
Administrator I – LG 27
$111,000
$110,000
$115,000
$116,000
Health Promotion Advisor – LG 23
$98,000
$97,000
$102,000
$103,000
Program Planner III – LG 25 (3 FTE)
$312,000
$309,000
$324,000
$327,000
Senior Management Analyst – LG 26
$108,000
$106,000
$111,000
$113,000
Program Specialist IV – LG 25
$104,000
$103,000
$108,000
$109,000
Laboratory Scientist III – LG 20
$90,000
$89,000
$93,000
$94,000
Microbiologist III – LG 26
$108,000
$106,000
$111,000
$113,000
Administrator IV – LG 33
$136,000
$134,000
$141,000
$142,000
Program Planner III – LG 25
$104,000
$103,000
$108,000
$109,000
Total Costs
$1,302,000
$1,287,000
$1,349,000
$1,363,000
The Department states it is currently in the process of hiring a toxicologist which is funded with 100 percent federal funds, but it is unknown as to whether federal funds will be available in the future.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services