CHAPTER 299
SB 374-FN – FINAL VERSION
03/22/06 1465s
05/24/06 2346CofC
2006 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 374-FN
AN ACT relative to the state children’s health insurance program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Rep. Hunt, Ches 7; Rep. Price, Hills 26; Rep. S. Francoeur, Rock 15
This bill:
I. Requires fiscal committee approval for expenditures above budgeted amounts for the Healthy Kids Silver Program.
II. Requires the department of health and human services to implement the state children’s health insurance program through a contract.
III. Requires use of the healthy kids corporation as the sole provider of administrative and outreach services for the state children’s health insurance program and premium billing and collection services for the Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities program until July 1, 2007.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 1465s
05/24/06 2346CofC
06-2834
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the state children’s health insurance program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
299:1 Purpose. The purpose of this act is to ensure the best and highest utilization of the state children’s health insurance program resources for the benefit of the children of New Hampshire. It is the intent of the general court that every eligible child be given the opportunity to fully utilize the benefits of this program in order to promote the health and well being of our youngest citizens.
299:2 Department of Health and Human Services; Healthy Kids Silver Program; Fiscal Committee Approval Required for Expenditures Above Budgeted Amounts. Amend 2005, 177:119 to read as follows:
177:119 Department of Health and Human Services; Healthy Kids Silver Program; Cap. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the biennium [beginning July 1, 2005 and continuing thereafter] ending June 30, 2007, the department of health and human services shall not increase expenditures in approved budgets for the Healthy Kids Silver Program without prior approval [and additional appropriations from] of the fiscal committee of the general court. If expenditures for the Healthy Kids Silver Program will exceed the department’s current appropriation for the Healthy Kids Silver Program, the commissioner may recommend that savings found elsewhere in the department be used to offset the amount of any such deficit. The commissioner shall submit to the fiscal committee of the general court and to the finance committees of the house and the senate any such proposed changes, which shall be subject to the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court.
299:3 New Paragraph; State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIV.(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2007, the commissioner shall implement the state children’s health insurance program through a contract, which shall be renewed biennially. The commissioner shall have the authority to adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to the extent necessary to facilitate the purposes of this paragraph.
(b) The contract shall include the following information, which the commissioner shall submit to the legislature by March 1 of each odd-numbered year for inclusion in the state’s biennial operating budget:
(1) The per-member per-month rate for the health and dental insurance to be paid according to the contract; and
(2) Any other costs associated with the contract that will impact the state operating budget.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of administrative services, may implement a self-insured health plan for children who receive health insurance coverage under the state children’s health insurance program.
299:4 Healthy Kids Corporation. Notwithstanding RSA 126-A:5, XIV, as inserted by section 3 of this act, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner shall use the healthy kids corporation as the sole source provider of administrative and outreach services for the state children’s health insurance program and premium billing and collection services for the Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities (MEAD) program until July 1, 2007. As part of the premium reconciliation process, the commissioner may allow the healthy kids corporation to retain up to the sum of $100,000 for fiscal year 2006.
299:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 15, 2006
Effective: June 15, 2006