Revision: May 31, 2018, 4:15 p.m.
CHAPTER 142
SB 476 - FINAL VERSION
02/15/2018 0516s
2018 SESSION
18-3019
05/08
SENATE BILL 476
AN ACT establishing a committee to study reinstituting the unemployed parent program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills. 30; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 3; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 6
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a committee to study reinstituting a program administered by the department of health and human services that provided assistance to unemployed parents.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/15/2018 0516s 18-3019
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT establishing a committee to study reinstituting the unemployed parent program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
142:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study reinstituting the unemployed parent program.
142:2 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) One member 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.
142:3 Duties. The committee shall study the feasibility of reinstituting a program recently suspended by the department of health and human services that provided assistance to unemployed parents. The study shall include the basis for termination of the program and a review of program costs, funding sources, eligibility criteria, participation rates, and outcomes.
142:4 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 senate 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.
142:5 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, 2018.
142:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 30, 2018
Effective Date: May 30, 2018