SB406: (New Title) making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

CHAPTER 290

SB 406-FN-A - FINAL VERSION

04/05/2024 1268s

04/11/2024 1465s

23May2024... 1866h

2024 SESSION

24-3003

05/08

SENATE BILL 406-FN-A

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. D. Paige, Carr. 1

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/05/2024 1268s

04/11/2024 1465s

23May2024... 1866h 24-3003

05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

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

290:1 Department of Health and Human Services; Appropriation; Shelter Programs.

I. The sum of $2,500,000 is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, to the department of health and human services for the purpose of increasing rates paid to shelter programs. Said sum shall not lapse until June 30, 2025. Of this amount, the governor shall first determine if any discretionary funds appropriated in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2 or any other federal funds can be used for this purpose, and any remainder shall be general funds. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for the general fund share of said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

II. Programs receiving funding under paragraph I shall, to the greatest extent practicable, prioritize veterans in the distribution of services and shall not knowingly provide services to any person not legally present in the United States. The department of health and human services shall require recipients of this funding to submit financial projections covering the term of the contract as well as ongoing financial statements demonstrating organizational financial sustainability.

290:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 30, 2024.

Approved: July 26, 2024

Effective Date: June 30, 2024