Bill Text - HB1165 (2022)

Repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.


Revision: Nov. 17, 2021, 11:05 a.m.

HB 1165  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2233

11/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1165

 

AN ACT repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. Silber, Belk. 2; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 9; Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3; Rep. Warden, Hills. 15; Rep. Layon, Rock. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the Granite State paid family leave plan.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2233

11/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.

 

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

 

1  Insurance; Allocation of State Premium Tax.  Amend RSA 400-A:32, III to read as follows:

III.(a) Except as provided in [subparagraphs] subparagraph (b) [and (c)], the taxes imposed in paragraphs I and II of this section shall be promptly forwarded by the commissioner to the state treasurer for deposit to the general fund.

(b) Taxes imposed attributable to premiums written for medical and other medical related services for the newly eligible Medicaid population as provided for under RSA 126-AA shall be deposited into the New Hampshire granite advantage health care trust fund established in RSA 126-AA:3. The commissioner shall notify the state treasurer of sums for deposit into the New Hampshire granite advantage health care trust fund no later than 30 days after receipt of said taxes. The moneys in the trust fund may be used for the administration of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program, established in RSA 126-AA.

[(c) Taxes imposed on premiums written by duly authorized insurance companies for family and medical leave insurance written in connection with the administration of RSA 21-I:99 through RSA 21-I:111 or RSA 282-B shall be deposited into the FMLI premium stabilization trust fund established in RSA 282-B:5.  The commissioner shall notify the state treasurer of sums for deposit into the FMLI premium stabilization trust fund no later than 30 days after receipt of said taxes.]

2  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 21-I:99-111, relative to the Granite State paid family leave plan.

II.  RSA 77-E:3-e, relative to the Granite State paid family leave plan tax credit.

III.  RSA 282-B, relative to purchasing pool for family and medical leave insurance.

IV.  RSA 275:37-d, relative to discrimination against employees utilizing certain family and medical leave insurance.

V.  RSA 6:12, I(b)(374)-(375), relative to the FMLI premium fund and premium stabilization trust fund.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.