Revision: May 3, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
SB 570-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2018 SESSION
18-2949
05/06
SENATE BILL 570-FN
AN ACT relative to the work requirement for the child care scholarship program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of health and human services to adopt rules modifying the work requirement for the child care scholarship program to include participation in a mental health or substance abuse treatment program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the work requirement for the child care scholarship program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; New Hampshire Employment Program and Family Assistance Program; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 167:83, II by inserting after subparagraph (p) the following new subparagraph:
(q) Modification of the work requirement for the child care scholarship program to include participation in an approved mental health or substance use disorder or substance misuse treatment program verified by a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), a licensed behavioral health professional, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed drug and alcohol counselor (LADC), a certified recovery support worker (CRSW), or a board-certified psychologist.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 30, 2019.
18-2949
1/9/18
SB 570-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to the work requirement in the child care scholarship program.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Federal Funds | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to include in its administrative rules a provision waiving the hourly work requirement in the child care scholarship program for applicants or recipients participating in a mental health or substance use treatment program. The Department states that since it does not collect data on the number of parents who are receiving mental health or substance use treatment and who also have young children in need of care, it is unable to estimate the bill's fiscal impact. Nonetheless, it assumes the bill will increase state expenditures, as well as federal financial participation funds, by an indeterminable amount, since it may result in some individuals receiving child care scholarships who would otherwise have been ineligible.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services