Revision: Jan. 9, 2023, 9:31 a.m.
HB 238 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0420
06/08
HOUSE BILL 238
AN ACT relative to the role of quality control and the developmental disability service system.
SPONSORS: Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Rep. Schapiro, Ches. 16; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 15; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. Popovici-Muller, Rock. 17; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of health and human services to seek out and receive input from the developmental quality control council.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0420
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the role of quality control and the developmental disability service system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Developmental Services Quality Council. Amend RSA 171-A:33 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. When the department of health and human services is evaluating or determining the need or desirability for any changes relating to, or which may impact, any of the practices, policies, standards, rates, budgets, funding formulae, or rights pertaining to eligibility or provision of supports and services under RSA 171-A, including, but not limited to, the components listed in RSA 171-A:33, III, the department shall solicit input and recommendations from the council at the initial stages of such consideration and at all stages thereafter and give due deference to the council's input and recommendations on whether, or how, to make any such changes. The department shall receive input from the council on provisions to be included in any request for proposal and contract and give due deference to the council's input when finalizing a request for proposal or contract. The department shall also request the council to select a council member to be part of the selection process for the bidder and shall include a provision in the contract requiring the contractor selected to solicit input from the council on any findings or recommendations the contractor is considering or intending to make to the department or any other government entity.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.