Bill Text - SB275 (2022)

(New Title) relative to the opioid abatement trust fund and advisory commission.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2021, 1:54 p.m.

SB 275  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2916

05/08

 

SENATE BILL 275

 

AN ACT relative to the opioid abatement trust fund.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Acton, Rock. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Finance

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that disbursement from the opioid abatement trust fund shall be based on the most recent decennial census.  The bill also revises the membership and duties of the opioid abatement advisory commission.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2916

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to the opioid abatement trust fund.

 

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

 

1  Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.  Amend RSA 126-A:83, II to read as follows:

II. The treasurer shall distribute 15 percent of all funds received prior to any deposit in the consumer escrow account or the opioid abatement trust fund to the counties and the political subdivisions that filed lawsuits, on or before September 1, 2019, against opioid manufacturers, distributors and other persons identified as defendants in the multidistrict opioid litigation pending in the federal district court for the northern district of Ohio. This distribution shall occur on an annual basis. The distribution of funds shall be based on the [2010] most recent decennial census population of each qualifying county and political subdivisions. The population of any political subdivision which receives funds under this section shall not be included in the population of the county for determining the distribution to that county.

2  New Hampshire Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission; Membership.  Amend RSA 126-A:85 (k) to read as follows:

(k)  A county nursing home supervisor, or designee, appointed by the [governor] New Hampshire Association of Counties.

3  New Subparagraph; New Hampshire Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission; Duties.  Amend 126-A:86, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph (14) the following new subparagraph:

(15)  Support evidence-based prevention programs and services, including efforts to promote healthy, drug-free lifestyles, reduce isolation, build skills and confidence, and facilitate community-based prevention efforts.

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