Bill Text - SB516 (2026)

Relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services.


Revision: Nov. 21, 2025, 3:41 p.m.

SB 516  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2069

05/09

 

SENATE BILL 516

 

AN ACT relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Long, Dist 20; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill revises the job title for certain positions in the department of health and human services.  

 

This bill also repeals the prospective repeal of the phase in schedule for appointment of counsel.

 

The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2069

05/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1 State Officers; Compensation; Position Title. Amend the following position titles in RSA 94:1-a, I(b) to read as follows:

DD Department of health and human services staff attorney, division for children youth and

services, bureau of general [council] counsel

EE Department of health and human services [supervising staff] lead attorney, division for

children, youth, and families, bureau of

general [council] counsel

FF Department of health and human services supervising regional attorney, division for

children, youth, and families, bureau of

general [council] counsel

2  Repeal.  RSA 2024, 296:6, I, relative to the prospective repeal of the phase-in schedule for appointment of counsel, is repealed.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.