Revision: March 7, 2018, 3:48 p.m.
HB 1100 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
6Mar2018... 0650h
2018 SESSION
18-2003
04/03
HOUSE BILL HB 1100
AN ACT establishing a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training in New Hampshire.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. J. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24; Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Mar2018... 0650h 18-2003
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT establishing a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training in New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Commission to Review and Evaluate Workforce and Job Training Programs in New Hampshire. Amend RSA 273 by inserting after section 27 the following new subdivision:
Commission to Review and Evaluate Workforce and Job
Training Programs in New Hampshire
273:28 Commission Established.
I. There is established a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire. The purpose of the commission is to review and evaluate all government funded workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire to ensure that they are effective, not duplicative, and that they are contributing to the needs of the workforce and the labor market.
II. The commission shall consist of the following members:
(a) Five members of the house or representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) The commissioner of the department of labor, or designee.
(d) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
(e) The commissioner of the department of education, or designee.
(f) The commissioner of the department of employment security, or designee.
(g) Two members of the public, appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be appointed from a list of 5 nominees from organized labor consisting of one from each of the following: New Hampshire AFL-CIO, New Hampshire Building Trades Council, AFT-New Hampshire, NEA-New Hampshire, and the State Employees' Association of New Hampshire.
III. Members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
IV. The commission shall:
(a) Receive testimony and request data from each state agency that administers a workforce or job training program funded in the state budget.
(b) Receive testimony from individuals who have participated in such programs and determine if the program satisfied their needs and expectations, and review the data to determine the cost per enrollee in each program.
(c) Review the occupations each program is training individuals to perform and determine if there is overlap in training.
(d) Review methods of achieving more successful outcomes and promote such programs to increase public awareness.
(e) Review opportunities to direct enrollees into occupations facing a shortage of workers in the state.
(f) Review opportunities for new or consolidated programs that will meet the needs of the populations they serve and the needs of the labor market.
V. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Seven members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
VI. The commission 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, 2018.
2 Repeal. RSA 273:28, relative to a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire, is repealed.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2018.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.