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The New Hampshire Legislature
To read the full text of a bill or check its status visit the NH Legislature website at www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/ Under “Legislation” click on “Quick Search” and enter the bill number or title. The calendar for the legislature is often updated so when planning to attend a committee meeting it is best to check the calendar before leaving home. A list of key bills follows the schedule.
The month of February 2006
Tues Feb 7
9:00 HB1709, establishing an autism registry in the Dept. of Health & Human Services, will be discussed by a subcommitee of House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs, in Rm 205 LOB
2:30 HB1722, relative to the NH Council on Developmental Disabilities, a Priority 1 for us, will be heard before House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs in Rm 205 LOB
Wed Feb 8
9:30 HB1672, relative to a registry for founded cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of incapacitated adults will be heard before House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs in Rm 205 LOB.
Thurs Feb 9
9:00 HB1351, relative to rule making process, will have a subcommittee meeting at House Executive Departments & Administration in Rm 306 LOB
10:15 HB1613, relative to polling place arrangement and accessibility will be heard before House Election Law in Rm 308 LOB
Tues Feb 14
10:35 HB515, relative to purchasing alliances for purposes of health insurance, will be heard before Senate Banks & Insurance in Rm 102 LOB
3:00 SB243, establishing a commission to study rural transit in NH will be heard before Senate Energy & Economic Development in Rm 102 LOB
Thur Feb 16
9:30 HB1304, relative to the scope of registration of lobbyists and statements of lobbying activities will be heard before House Election Law in Rm 308 LOB
Fri Feb 17
10:00 Health & Human Services Oversight Committee will meet in Rm 205 LOB
Tues March 7
10:15 SB273, relative to reasonable accommodations for employees with a disability will be heard before Senate Banks & Insurance in Rm 102 LOB
KEY BILLS AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
HB 1102 Allowing municipalities to adopt a property tax credit for homeowners supporting a disabled adult child in the home.
HB 1114 Relative to the regulation of interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing.
HB 1121 Relative to licensure levels of care in residential care facilities.
HB 1136 Establishing a commission relative to meeting the needs of medically fragile students in schools.
HB 1157 Relative to the definition of “sending district”
HB 1158 Relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.
HB 1159 Relative to procedures for certain court ordered out-of-district placements.
HB 1166 Relative to electronic ballot counting machines.
HB 1183 Relative to the terms of office for state department commissioners.
HB 1178 Relative to the definition of an adequate education.
HB 1187 Requiring a school district to disclose the percentage of its total education budget used for direct support of education.
HB 1208 Establishing a committee to study transferring case management responsibilities for home and community-based care programs from the department of health and human services to the counties.
HB 1214 Establishing a task force to identify and assess community-based educational and social/human service programs that serve families with children 8 years old and younger.
HB 1220 Establishing a committee to study a statewide review of all unanticipated fatalities and serious injury involving incapacitated adults and individuals 60 years of age and older.
HB 1221 Relative to recovery of medical assistance from a decedent’s estate.
HB 1263 Requiring certain notification before a person with a mental illness may be discharged.
HB 1274 Relative to certain disclosures to the DHHS.
HB 1279 Establishing a commission to study state Medicaid reimbursement.
HB 1281 Establishing a committee to study the effectiveness of the DHHS.
HB 1304 Relative to the scope of registration of lobbyists and statements of lobbying activities.
HB 1308 Establishing a commission to study revising the NH special education statutes.
HB 1347 Relative to licensure, registration, or certification of regulated professions.
HB 1351 Relative to rulemaking process.
HB 1359 Establishing a committee to study case management responsibility for certain elderly and adult services.
HB 1372 Establishing a committee to study affordable and accessible health care services for all uninsured citizens of NH.
HB 1378 Establishing a committee to study the financial implications on local school districts when special education students attend charter schools.
HB 1384 Relative to standardizing the format for special education budgets.
HB 1396 Relative to competency of juvenile offenders.
HB 1412 Establishing a remedy for failure to file an annual report with the department of education.
HB 1415 Establishing the office of corrections ombudsman.
HB 1427 Relative to the principles for developmentally disabled services.
HB 1428 Relative to the duties of the advisory committee on the education of children/students with disabilities.
HB 1432 Establishing a commission on special education funding.
HB 1498 Establishing a risk management unit within the department administrative services.
HB 1499 Relative to the oversight committee on HHS.
HB 1505 Relative to private actions under the consumer protection act.
HB 1512 Relative to civil liability for volunteers.
HB 1526 Relative to the composition of the medical review subcommittee of the medical review board.
HB 1527 Allowing municipalities to establish local community services and care planning boards.
HB 1532 Revising the special education statutes.
HB 1539 Establishing a committee to study the shortage in speech and language services and the criteria for certification as a speech and language specialist.
HB 1546 Establishing a committee to study the application of the patient’s bill of rights to all licensed health practitioners and their facilities.
HB 1569 Relative to trust protectors, trust advisors, and direct trusts.
HB 1570 Relative to health insurance for part-time college students.
HB 1589 Establishing a committee to study the feasibility of using certain state owned buildings as transition housing for 17-year-olds and 18-year-olds who are ready to leave foster care or the youth development center.
HB 1601 Relative to the funding of catastrophic special education aid.
HB 1610 Relative to a determination of incompetence under the CHINS statute.
HB 1611 Relative to reimbursement for personal care services.
HB 1613 Relative to polling place arrangement and accessibility.
HB 1632 Relative to qualifications for the elderly property tax exemption.
HB 1640 Requiring school boards to disclose financial costs of contracts to the voters.
HB 1644 Relative to funding the fuel assistance program in the office of energy and planning and requiring a one-time reduction in the rate of the statewide enhanced education tax and making appropriations.
HB 1648 Relative to legal residency and financial liability for children in certain residential placements
HB 1672 Relative to a registry for founded cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of incapacitated adults.
HB 1680 Requiring law enforcement and corrections officers to complete training in appropriate techniques for dealing with persons with mental health conditions
HB 1685 Establishing a special needs scholarship program
HB 1693 Relative to funding an adequate education
HB 1694 Relative to a spending cap on municipal and school district budgets
HB 1695 Defining an adequate education and relative to calculating the cost of an adequate education and adequate education grants
HB 1702 Establishing a NH health access corporation, continually appropriating a special fund, and allowing the healthy kids corporation to cover adults
HB 1704 Establishing a health care fund, continually appropriating a special fund, and requiring certain employers to report certain information to the DHHS.
HB 1707 Establishing a school choice certificate program
HB 1709 Establishing an autism registry in the DHHS
HB 1717 Requiring certain direct care services in nursing homes
HB 1718 Relative to the provision of medical services at nursing facilities
HB 1722 Relative to the NH Council on Developmental Disabilities
HB 1725 Extending the pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings and relative to confidentiality in abuse and neglect cases
HB 1727 Relative to transfer or discharge of patients in residential care facilities
HB 1730 Relative to long-term care program management and cost controls
HB 1740 Making an appropriation to increase the hourly rate of pay for direct care providers in DD and ABD
HB 1746 Relative to eligibility for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
SB 241 Allowing municipalities to exclude certain retirement assets from consideration in qualifying for the elderly property tax exemption
SB 243 Establishing a commission to study rural transit in NH
SB 252 Relative to defining “speech and language assistant” for purposes of speech pathology practice.
SB 260 Relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation
SB 263 Relative to inclusionary zoning and workforce housing
SB 275 Removing the requirement for criminal record checks for licensed nurses
SB 279 Allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for the purpose of insurance
SB 289 Relative to the brain and spinal cord advisory council
SB 316 Requiring interpretation services upon request for persons receiving medical treatment.
SB 323 Establishing a legislative youth advisory council
SB 332 Making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes
SB 338 Relative to insurance coverage for children’s early intervention services
SB 340 establishing a legislative health care advisory board
SB 366 Relative to issues of conflict of interest in the provision of long term care services
SB 367 Imposes a penalty on Medicaid providers who receive overpayments of state Medicaid funds.
SB 370 Relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams
SB 374 Relative to healthy kids corporation.
SB 377 Relative to COBRA coverage for persons 55 years of age or older.
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