94:1-f Health and Human Services Review; Certain Unclassified Employees. –
I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit a list of names of incumbents and identify all current unclassified position titles and associated job responsibilities for positions established pursuant to 1995, 310 to the department of administrative services. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall provide information pursuant to any requests from the department of administrative services to comply with the requirements of this section. The department of administrative services may review and change any existing position title to accurately reflect the current position responsibilities and recommend such change directly to the joint committee established in RSA 14:14-c to update RSA 94:1-a.
II. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall submit the information to an outside consultant retained for the purpose of assessing the appropriate letter grade of unclassified state officers for those positions where the position title does not accurately reflect the job responsibilities. The consultant shall assess the recommended allocation, recommend an alternate allocation, if necessary, and include the reasoning for such allocation in its report. The commissioner shall submit the consultant's report to the joint committee established in RSA 14:14-c, for its review and temporary letter grade allocation. The department of health and human services shall make a contribution from an existing appropriation to the salary adjustment fund pursuant to RSA 99:4 to reimburse for the cost associated with the review of each position.
III. Any reclassification of salary shall not apply to any incumbent occupying the position unless the reclassification is to a higher salary grade designation. If such reclassification results in a lower salary grade designation, such designation shall occur when the incumbent vacates the position.
IV. Upon completion of the review process, subsequent vacancies of the positions shall be filled in accordance with RSA 94:6 and RSA 94:1-a.
V. All titles listed in RSA 94:1-a shall be subject to the requirements of this section, with the exception of the following positions: commissioner, deputy commissioner, associate commissioners, and chief executive officer for New Hampshire hospital. The joint committee may decline to review or exclude any other title from review as it deems necessary.
VI. All reviews and recommendations shall be completed no later than 7 years from the effective date of this section. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall issue a progress report every 6 months from the effective date of this section to the fiscal committee of the general court until the process is completed.
Source. 2018, 233:6, eff. June 8, 2018. 2019, 185:3, eff. July 10, 2019. 2021, 202:2, Pt. I, Sec. 5, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2023, 79:456, eff. July 1, 2023.