Revision: May 10, 2011, midnight
SB 151-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2011 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 151-FN
AN ACT relative to contracts of the department of health and human services.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Luther, Dist 12; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 7; Sen. White, Dist 9; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Tucker, Rock 17; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human service to develop a plan to consolidate all outside contracts and to provide the plan for review and comment to the oversight committee on health and human services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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11-0459
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to contracts of the department of health and human services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Contract Consolidation; Department of Health and Human Services. No later than January 1, 2012, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall develop a plan to consolidate contracts of the department including, but not limited to, contracts for the acquisition of goods and services and for the provision of services to clients of the department. The plan shall be provided for review and comment to the oversight committee on health and human services established pursuant to RSA 126-A:13. For the remainder of the biennium ending June 30, 2013, the commissioner shall provide reports on a quarterly basis to the oversight committee on implementation of the contract consolidation plan.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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11-0459
Amended 05/10/11
SB 151 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to contracts of the department of health and human services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Administrative Services and Justice state this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2011-1420h), will have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state, county and local revenues and expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill requires the commissioner to develop a plan to consolidate the Department’s contracts and to submit the plan to the oversight committee on health and human services for review and comment. The Department indicated it is currently party to approximately 650 contracts. The Department assumed the costs associated with producing the plan and reporting to the oversight committee would be less than $10,000, but is not able to determine the fiscal impact of implementing the consolidation plan.
The Department of Administrative Services is not able to determine the fiscal impact of this bill. The Department stated the bill will have no impact on operations for the Bureau of Purchasing.
The Department of Justice states the bill will have some impact on the Civil Bureau which currently reviews all of the Department of Health and Human Service’s contracts. The Department of Justice is not able to estimate the number of contracts that will be consolidated and therefore cannot determine the fiscal impact.