Bill Text - SB549 (2018)

(New Title) relative to plans of safe care for infants affected by substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms from prenatal drug exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Revision: Jan. 9, 2018, 9:41 a.m.

SB 549-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2874

05/04

 

SENATE BILL 549-FN-A

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Sununu health services center and relative to infants born with substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill:

 

I.  Makes a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the purpose of addressing estimated budget shortfalls in fiscal year 2018 related to the Sununu youth services center and related facilities.

 

II.  Directs health care providers to develop, in conjunction with the department of health and human services and the child's parent or guardian, a plan of safe care for a child born with substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2874

05/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Sununu health services center and relative to infants born with substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Supplemental Appropriation; Department of Health and Human Services.  The sum of $1 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services, along with any available matching federal funds, for the purpose of addressing estimated budget shortfalls for such fiscal year related to the funding of the Sununu youth services center and related facilities.  This sum shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of health and human services.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2  New Section; Protection for Maternity and Infancy; Plan of Safe Care.  Amend RSA 132 by inserting after section 10-d the following new section:

132:10-e  Notification and Development of a Plan of Safe Care.  Health care providers involved in the delivery or care of infants born with and identified as being affected by substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder shall notify the department of health and human services of the occurrence of such condition.  The health care provider shall develop a plan of safe care, in cooperation with both the department's division of public health services and the division for children, youth and families as appropriate, and with the infant's parents or guardians to ensure the infant's safety and well-being following release from the care of the health care provider.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

LBAO

18-2874

1/3/18

 

SB 549-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Sununu health services center and relative to infants born with substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

   Appropriation

$1

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill appropriates $1 to the Department of Health and Human Services in FY 2018 for the purpose of addressing budget shortfalls at the Sununu Youth Services Center.  In addition, the bill requires providers involved in the delivery or care of infants born with and affected by prenatal drug or alcohol exposure to notify the Department of such condition.  Providers are also required to cooperate with the Department in the development of a plan of safe care.  The Department assumes that monitoring, tracking, and implementing plans of safe care will result in an indeterminable increase in expenditures.  The Department further notes that this section is necessary in order for the State to remain compliant with the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA).  The Department expects to administer a combined $130,000 per year of funds from these acts in FY 2018 and FY 2019.  

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services