Revision: May 5, 2022, 7:05 a.m.
Sen. Avard, Dist 12
May 4, 2022
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10/05
Floor Amendment to HB 1587-FN-A
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to determination of average final compensation under the retirement system and making an appropriation therefor and relative to licensure of case management service providers.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following and renumbering the original section 3 to read as 4:
3 Home Health Care Provider; Reference to Case Management Agency Added. Amend RSA 151:2-b, I to read as follows:
I. "Home health care provider" means any organization, business entity, or subdivision thereof, including a case management agency, whether public or private, whether operated for profit or not, which is engaged in arranging or providing, directly or through contract arrangement, one or more of the following: nursing services, home health aide services, or other therapeutic and related services which may include, but shall not be limited to, physical and occupational therapy, speech pathology, nutritional services, medical social services, personal care services, and homemaker services, which may be of a preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, health guidance or supportive nature to persons in their places of residence.
2022-1955s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the calculation of compensation paid in excess of the full base rate of compensation under the definition of average final compensation in the retirement system for group II persons hired before July 1, 2011 who did not vest before January 1, 2012. The bill makes an appropriation to the retirement system for funding the cost of the change. The bill also includes case management agencies in the definition of home health care providers licensed as health facilities.