SB 304 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/22/06 1402s
2006 SESSION
01/10
SENATE BILL 304
AN ACT relative to provider payments negotiated by the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
This bill clarifies how rates negotiated by the department of health and human services are spent and requires the commissioner of health and human services to make a quarterly report to the fiscal committee, the governor, and the general court relative to such negotiated rates.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/22/06 1402s
06-2781
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to provider payments negotiated by the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Department of Health and Human Services; Rate Setting. Amend RSA 126-A:3 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department is not obligated to pay rates to providers higher than originally negotiated if the line appropriation is not fully spent. The department shall spend moneys budgeted for those persons needing services and shall not establish a waiting list to create a lapse to the general fund. No rules shall be adopted, pursuant to RSA 541-A, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this paragraph. The commissioner shall report quarterly to the fiscal committee of the general court, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate concerning the status of appropriations for payments to providers and the rates negotiated and established by the department.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.