Revision: March 27, 2012, midnight
HB 1644 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
7Mar2012… 0947h
2012 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1644
AN ACT relative to the regulation of individual home health care service providers by the department of health and human services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Pilotte, Hills 16; Sen. Groen, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires persons providing individual personal care services or homemaker services to be registered with the department of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2012… 0947h
12-3042
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to the regulation of individual home health care service providers by the department of health and human services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 License or Registration Required. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:2 to read as follows:
151:2 License or Registration Required.
2 New Paragraph; Individual Home Care Service Provider; Registration Required. Amend RSA 151:2 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. No person shall operate as, or represent himself or herself as, an individual home care service provider as defined in RSA 151:2-b, V unless that person is registered in accordance with this chapter.
3 Individual Home Heath Care Service Provider. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:2-b to read as follows:
151:2-b Home Health Care Provider and Individual Home Care Service Provider.
4 New Paragraph; Definition Added. Amend RSA 151:2-b by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. “Individual home care service provider” means any individual not employed by a home health care provider licensed under RSA 151:2, I(b) who solicits and provides personal care services or homemaker services for compensation to clients in their places of residence; provided that the client is not a family member.
5 Rulemaking. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:9-a to read as follows:
151:9-a Rules for Home Health Care Providers and Individual Home Care Service Providers.
6 New Paragraph; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 151:9-a by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. Requirements for mandatory registration of individual home care service providers which shall not exceed a criminal background check and a state registry check.
7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
12-3042
Amended 03/26/12
HB 1644 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the regulation of individual home health care service providers by the department of health and human services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2012-0947h), may decrease state expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2012 and in each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county or local revenue, or county or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill removes the requirement that Home Care Services Providers be licensed by the Department. Instead, Home Care Service Providers would register with the Department. The Department indicates the registration process would consist of the provider submitting an application and registration fee, and the Department performing criminal records and Abuse/Neglect registry checks. The Department assumes the registration fee will be the same as the current license fee. The Department assumes there would be some savings as it would no longer be required to conduct biennial clinical inspections of Home Care service Providers.