JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

REGULAR MEETING

TENTATIVE AGENDA

 

OCTOBER 21, 2021 - 9:00 a.m.

ROOMS 306/308  LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING

 

 

Senate Members of JLCAR

House Members of JLCAR

 

 

Sen. John Reagan, Chair

Rep. Carol M. McGuire, Vice-Chair

Sen. James Gray

Rep. Alan Bershtein

Sen. Suzanne Prentiss

Rep. William A. Hatch

Sen. Ruth Ward

Rep. Timothy P. Lang

Sen. Rebecca Whitley

Rep. Peter B. Schmidt

Sen. Kevin Avard (Alt.)

Rep. Fred Doucette (Alt.)

Sen. Regina Birdsell (Alt.)

Rep. Claire Rouillard (Alt.)

Sen. Sharon Carson (Alt.)

Rep. Terry Roy (Alt.)

Sen. Kevin Cavanaugh (Alt.)

Rep. Dianne E. Schuett (Alt.)

Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Alt.)

Rep. Edith Tucker (Alt.)

 

The times and order specified for the agenda items listed below are only tentative.  The Committee may change the order or may change the amount of time allotted for such items.

 

1.   9:00 a.m.   Convene, Seating of Alternates, and Review Minutes

 

JLCAR Deadlines Noted in Agenda:

For OR's and ROR's:

Deadline is for sponsoring a joint resolution.

For FP's:

Deadline is for approval, conditional approval, or preliminary objection. Otherwise, rule is automatically approved.

For INT's:

Deadline is for approval or conditional approval.
Otherwise, agency cannot adopt the interim rule.

 

 

 

FP - Final Proposal

OR - Preliminary Objection Response

ROR - Revised Objection Response

ER - Emergency Rule

INT - Interim Rule

EXP - Expedited Repeal

EXRF - Expedited Revisions to Form

EXIR – Expedited Amendment to Incorporation by Reference


 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

2.  9:05 a.m.  Committee Approval of Final Proposals and Proposed Expedited Revisions to Agency Forms:

 

 

 

(a)  FP 2021-35

Approved

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY

Office Address

(JLCAR Deadline November 29, 2021.)

 

 

(b)  FP 2021-45

Approved

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Drinking Water Programs

Protecting the Purity of Surface Water Sources

of Drinking Water

(JLCAR Deadline November 29, 2021.)

 

 

(c)  FP 2021-65

Approved

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Water Quality and Quantity Programs

Standards for the Management of Mercury-Containing Amalgam

(JLCAR Deadline November 29, 2021)

 

 

(d)  FP 2021-73

Approved

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Former Division of Public Health Services

Rules for Hospitals

(JLCAR Deadline November 22, 2021.)

 

 

(e)  FP 2021-74

Approved

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Property and Casualty Form and Rate Filings

(JLCAR Deadline November 1, 2021.)

 

 

(f)  FP 2021-83

Approved

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Former Division of Public Health Services

Beverages and Bottled Water

(JLCAR Deadline November 29, 2021.)

 

 

(g)  EXRF 2021-8

Approved

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Commissioner

Expedited Revisions to the New Hampshire Physician Assistant

Licensure Survey

(No JLCAR Deadline.)

 

 

3.  9:10 a.m.  Committee Conditional Approvals:

 

 

 

(No items)

 

 

 

4.  9:15 a.m.  Committee Acceptance of Agency Responses to Objections:

 

 

 

(No items)

 

 

 

5.  9:16 a.m.  Committee Issuance of Preliminary or Revised Objections to Final Proposals:

 

 

 

(No items)

 

 

 

NOTE:

 

The following proposals were conditionally approved by the Committee on the dates indicated.  Also noted is whether there is an agency response and subsequent confirmation by the Office of Legislative Services that

 the proposals have been amended as conditionally approved.  No further Committee action is required in

that case:

 

 

Conditionally Approved August 19, 2021:

 

 

FP 2021-24

BOARD OF ACUPUNCTURE LICENSING

Board Office and Initial Application Form

(Response received September 24, 2021 and confirmed September 24, 2021.)

 

 

Conditionally Approved September 16, 2021:

 

 

FP 2021-61

BOARD OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION THERAPY

Criminal History Records Check, Initial Licensure, and

Temporary Licensure

(Response not yet received.)

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

6.  9:18 a.m.  Consider postponing action on certain items to another meeting.

 

 

7.  9:20 a.m.  BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

 

FP 2021-31

Conditional Approval

Criminal History Record Check Credential

(JLCAR Deadline November 15, 2021.)

 

 

8.  9:25 a.m.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

 

INT 2021-8

Approved

Former Division of Public Health Services

Healthcare Associated Infections Reporting

(JLCAR Deadline December 29, 2021.  Rule implements 2021, 79 (HB 131),
 effective August 17, 2021.)

 

 

9.  9:35 a.m.  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

 

 

INT 2021-9

Conditional Approval

Drinking Water Programs

Per and Polyfluroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Remediation Grant and Loan Fund Program

(JLCAR Deadline January 7, 2022.  Rule implements 2021, 223 (HB 271,
effective August 24, 2021.) 

 

 

10.  9:40  a.m. LOTTERY COMMISSION - TO BE POSTPONED

 

 

FP 2021-84

Postponed to
11/18/21 Meeting

Historic Horse Racing

(JLCAR Deadline November 29, 2021.)

 

 

11.  9:50 a.m.  BOARD OF PODIATRY

 

 

Discussion on the following emergency rule:

 

 

ER Document #13272

No Further Action

Podiatry Virtual Continuing Education

(Effective October 4, 2021.  Scheduled to expire April 2, 2022.)

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

12.  10:00 a.m.