HB 1640 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1640
AN ACT establishing a committee to study application requirements for nursing home patients seeking respite care.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill establishes a committee to study application requirements for nursing home patients seeking respite care.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2771
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT establishing a committee to study application requirements for nursing home patients seeking respite care.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study application requirements for nursing home patients seeking respite care.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study the issue of allowing nursing home patients who are seeking respite care only to receive the respite care without having to file the required Medicaid/Medicare application.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2012.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.