Amendment 2023-1860h to SB263 (2024)

Extending the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and reestablishing the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program.


Revision: May 16, 2023, 11:14 a.m.

Rep. Phillips, Rock. 7

May 16, 2023

2023-1860h

07/05

 

 

Floor Amendment to SB 263-FN

 

Amend the bill by inserting after section 7 the following and renumbering the original section 8 to read as 9:

 

8  New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program; Exemption from Work Requirement for Pregnant Women.  Amend RSA 126-AA:2, III(d)(5) to read as follows:

(5)  Pregnant women after gestational age of 36 weeks and zero days, unless otherwise certified under subparagraph (d)(1).

2023-1860h

AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill:

 

I.  Reestablishes and revises the membership and duties of the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program.  The commission is repealed November 1, 2028.

 

II.  Permanently extends the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program by removing the prospective repeal of the program that was to take effect on December 31, 2023.

 

III.  Removes the transfer of funds from the alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund to the granite advantage health care trust fund.

 

IV.  Narrows the exemption for pregnant women under the granite advantage health care program.