Revision: May 17, 2023, 1:33 p.m.
Rep. Layon, Rock. 13
Rep. W. MacDonald, Rock. 16
May 17, 2023
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Floor Amendment to SB 263-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 6 with the following:
6 Extension of the Prospective Repeal of the Granite Health Care Advantage Program. Amend 2018, 342:25, II to read as follows:
II. Paragraphs III and VII of section 24 of this act shall take effect December 31, [2023] 2029.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 7 with the following:
8 Department of Health and Human Services; New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program; The New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Trust Fund. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 126-AA:3, I to read as follows:
I. There is hereby established the New Hampshire granite advantage health care trust fund which shall be accounted for distinctly and separately from all other funds and shall be non-interest bearing. The department shall include the cost of the program in its biennial budget request under RSA 9:4. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner and shall be used solely to provide coverage for the newly eligible Medicaid population as provided for under RSA 126-AA:2, to pay for the administrative costs for the program, and reimburse the federal government for any over payments of federal funds. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of the fund. The fund shall be authorized to pay and/or reimburse the cost of medical services and cost-effective related services, including without limitation, capitation payments to MCOs. No state general funds shall be deposited into the fund. Deposits into the fund shall be limited exclusively to the following:
9 Liquor Commission Fund; Transfers. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, transfers to the alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund pursuant to RSA 176:16, III shall be reduced by the actual amount of the final agreed contribution from the Foundation for Healthy Communities, anticipated to take place by December 31, 2023.
I. Sections 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of this act shall take effect December 31, 2023.
II. Section 5 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2027.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
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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, 2027.
II. Extends the prospective repeal of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program to December 31, 2029.
III. Removes the transfer of funds from the alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund to the granite advantage health care trust fund and requires the department of health and human services to include the cost of the program in the department's biennial budget request.