Revision: June 2, 2021, 5:31 p.m.
Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13
Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
Sen. Soucy, Dist 18
Sen. Whitley, Dist 15
Sen. Kahn, Dist 10
Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21
Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5
Sen. Watters, Dist 4
Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16
Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
June 2, 2021
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04/11
Floor Amendment to HB 2-FN-A-LOCAL
Amend the bill by inserting after section 460 the following and renumbering the original section 461 to read as 465:
461 Short Title. Sections 462-463 of this act shall be known as the Protect New Hampshire Veterans and Seniors Act of 2021.
462 New Subdivision; COVID-19 Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Audit. Amend RSA 151-E by inserting after section 21 the following new subdivision:
COVID-19 Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Audit
151-E:22 COVID-19 Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Audit. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall issue a request for proposals for a qualified grantee, with the approval of governor and council, to undertake an independent audit of the COVID-19 situation in long-term care and nursing homes in New Hampshire and provide a needs assessment to provide recommendations for further COVID-19 related funding, safety, and public health upgrades, standards and rules for nursing homes, nursing facilities, residential care facilities, long term care facilities, and the New Hampshire veterans' home, and providing a preparedness plan for COVID-19 at such facilities, to be submitted to the governor, the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, the chairpersons of the senate health and human services committee and the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee, and the health and human services oversight committee established in RSA 126-A:13, no later than November 1, 2021. All information received or created by the department related to the inspection or survey results of licensed health care facilities may be shared with the grantee, except that protected health information or personally identifiable information shall not be shared with the grantee for any reason All information which is received by the grantee for the purposes of this section, and which otherwise constitutes confidential information pursuant to state law, shall remain confidential, and shall receive the protections afforded to such confidential information under existing state law.
463 Appropriation. The sum of $250,000 is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 to the commissioner of the department of health and human services from federal COVID-19 relief funds for the purpose of hiring a qualified grantee as required in RSA 151-E:22. If such federal funds are unavailable, the governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose set forth in RSA 151-E:22.
464 Effective Date. Sections 461-464 of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
Insert:
136. Requires a COVID-19 needs assessment of nursing homes and long-term care facilities and makes an appropriation therefor.