Amendment 2023-1832h 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, 9:12 a.m.

Rep. Drago, Rock. 4

May 15, 2023

2023-1832h

05/07

 

 

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  Repeal; New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program; Work Requirement.  RSA 126-AA:2, III(a)(10) and RSA 126-AA:2, III(e), relative to eligibility based on community service or public service, are repealed.

2023-1832h

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  The commission is repealed November 1, 2028.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.  Removes eligibility for the granite advantage health care program based on community service or public service.