CHAPTER 237

SB 412-FN-A - FINAL VERSION

 

4May2022... 1582h

2022 SESSION

22-2859

05/11

 

SENATE BILL 412-FN-A

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for nursing home reimbursement rates.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Nordgren, Graf. 12; Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28

 

COMMITTEE: Finance

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the department of health and human services to increase nursing home reimbursement rates and makes a contingent appropriation to the department in the event that existing budgeted appropriations are insufficient to fund the revised rates.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

4May2022... 1582h 22-2859

05/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for nursing home reimbursement rates.

 

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

 

237:1  Department of Health and Human Services; Nursing Home Reimbursement Rates; Appropriation.  The department of health and human services is hereby directed to establish new rates for nursing homes paid out of account 05-95-48-482010-2152.  The average daily rate across all facilities shall be equal to no less than 105 percent of the average daily rate in effect as of June 30, 2021, and shall be retroactive to July 1, 2021.  Should budgeted appropriations be insufficient to fund the revised rates, the commissioner of health and human services shall transmit a letter to the governor, senate president, and speaker of the house of representatives advising them of the need for additional funding.  Contingent upon the transmittal of said letter, and for the biennium ending June 30, 2023, an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be appropriated to the department for the purpose of funding the shortfall.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.  Any portion of said appropriation remaining unspent as of June 30, 2023 shall lapse to the general fund.  The department may accept and expend matching federal funds without prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court.

237:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

Approved: June 17, 2022

Effective Date: June 17, 2022