Revision: May 16, 2023, 1:14 p.m.
Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4
May 16, 2023
2023-1868h
02/05
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; Eligibility. Amend RSA 126-AA:2, II(b) to read as follows:
(b) If allowed by federal law, all resources which are owned by the individual, [and his or her family own] the individual's immediate family members, and any other persons living within the individual's household shall be considered to determine eligibility under this paragraph, including cash, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, permanently unoccupied real estate, and trusts. The home in which the individual resides, furniture, and one vehicle owned by the individual applying for benefits shall be or excluding the individual's household resources, the total countable resources equal or fall below excluding the individual's household's resources, the total countable resources equal or fall below $25,000, he or she shall be considered asset eligible.
2023-1868h
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 The commission is repealed November 1, 2028.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. Amends granite advantage health care program eligibility for unemployed adults.