Revision: May 16, 2023, 1:17 p.m.
Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32
May 16, 2023
2023-1870h
10/05
Floor Amendment to SB 263-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT extending the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program, reestablishing the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program, and relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 7 the following and renumbering the effective date to be the last numbered section:
8 New Paragraph; Minutes from Nonpublic Session. Amend RSA 91-A:3 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. The public body or agency may adopt a procedure to regularly review and vote if the circumstances no longer apply for meeting minutes kept from the public under RSA 91-A:3, III. In the absence of an adopted procedure to review and vote if the circumstances no longer apply for meeting minutes kept from the public, to comply with the official duty of the public body or agency to insure appropriate transparency, the public body or agency shall review and vote to determine if the circumstances no longer apply no more than 10 years since the last time the meeting minutes were voted to be kept from the public or shall be subject to public disclosure. Meeting minutes voted to be kept from the public prior to the effective date of this paragraph that are not reviewed by the public body or agency within 10 years of the effective date of this paragraph shall be subject to public disclosure.
2023-1870h
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 The commission is repealed November 1, 2028.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. Requires public bodies to review meeting minutes withheld from public disclosure at least every 10 years to determine whether they should continue to be withheld. Minutes not reviewed after 10 years shall be made public.