Revision: March 26, 2009, midnight
HB 378-FN-A – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
24Mar2009… 0900h
2009 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 378-FN-A
AN ACT relative to fees for methadone detoxification and maintenance programs.
SPONSORS: Rep. Nordgren, Graf 9; Rep. Harding, Graf 11; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4
This bill allows the department of health and human services to adopt and collect fees for for-profit providers of methadone detoxification and maintenance programs.
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24Mar2009… 0900h
09-0567
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to fees for methadone detoxification and maintenance programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Controlled Drugs; Professional Use; State Methadone Authority; Fees for Providers. Amend RSA 318-B:10, VII(b) to read as follows:
(b) The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall[, on or before June 30, 2001,] adopt and have in effect rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to methadone detoxification and [methadone] maintenance programs as follows:
(1) Application procedure and standards for approval for certification and re-certification of providers to operate methadone detoxification and [methadone] maintenance programs, including certification period, for each type of certification.
(2) Eligibility of individuals for admission to such programs.
(3) Qualifications of program personnel.
(4) Program content, including, but not limited to, services to be offered by the program.
(5) Mandatory records and reports to the department.
(6) Security measures to prevent diversion of methadone to illegal use.
(7) Confidentiality and disclosure of identifying information, records and reports.
(8) Financial responsibility.
(9) Fees to be paid by providers for the licensing and administration of such programs by the department. All moneys collected by the department from fees authorized under this subparagraph shall be deposited into a revolving account which shall not lapse and which shall be used to offset administrative costs incurred by the department, and such fees shall not exceed .3 percent of gross revenues of for-profit methadone detoxification and maintenance programs. These fees shall not apply to non-profit methadone detoxification and maintenance programs.
(10) Any other provisions necessary to implement the purposes of this paragraph.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
09-0567
01/13/09
HB 378-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to fees for detoxification and methadone maintenance programs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill would increase state general fund revenue by $6,292 in FY 2009, and by $25,190 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill would have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures, or county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill will allow the Department to collect fees to cover the costs of licensing and administration of methadone maintenance and detoxification facilities. These programs are private entities and do not receive funding from the Department, however, RSA 172:8 requires DHHS to certify these programs as provided under administrative rules. Currently, approximately 25 percent of an Administrator I position (LG 27) is devoted to this activity. The total salary and benefit costs associated with this existing position is $100,046, of which 25% would be approximately $25,012. The number of client admissions to programs is expected to be approximately 1,145 based on an average of the last three years of complete data. This would result in a fee of $22 per admission ($25,012/1,145 clients = $21.84 which would then be rounded to the nearest dollar). The Department assumes the fiscal impact in FY 2009 would only be for the last quarter of the fiscal year (and estimate 286 clients in that quarter). This would result in additional revenue of $6,292 ($22 X 286) in FY 2009, and $25,190 ($22 X 1,145) in FY 2010 and each year thereafter.