Revision: April 14, 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.
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
Amended 04/10/09
HB 378 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to fees for methadone detoxification and maintenance programs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2009-0900h), would increase state general fund revenue by $31,679 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, 25% of an Administrator I position (LG 27) is devoted to this activity. The total salary and benefit cost associated with this existing position is $100,046, of which 25% would be approximately $25,012. The bill establishes a fee that would be capped at three tenths of one percent of gross revenues of each for-profit methadone program, and would defray the costs of said position. The Department has not received caseload data from the for profit methadone programs, but estimates that these programs service approximately 1,934 clients each year at a weekly charge of $105 per client, resulting in gross revenues of approximately $10,559,640. Three tenths of one percent of this amount would total $31,679 annually, and would be deposited into the state general fund.