Bill Text: NH SB406 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-07-30 - Signed by the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0290; Effective 06/30/2024 [SB406 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB406-Amended.html

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SB 406-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

04/05/2024   1268s

04/11/2024   1465s

2024 SESSION

24-3003

05/08

 

SENATE BILL 406-FN-A

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. D. Paige, Carr. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/05/2024   1268s

04/11/2024   1465s 24-3003

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

 

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

 

1  Department of Health and Human Services; Appropriation; Shelter Programs.

I.  The sum of $2,500,000 is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, to the department of health and human services for the purpose of increasing rates paid to shelter programs.  Said sum shall not lapse until June 30, 2025.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

II.  Programs receiving funding under paragraph I shall, to the greatest extent practicable, prioritize veterans in the distribution of services and shall not knowingly provide services to any person not legally present in the United States.  The department of health and human services shall require recipients of this funding to submit financial projections covering the term of the contract as well as ongoing financial statements demonstrating organizational financial sustainability.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect June 30, 2024.

 

LBA

24-3003

Amended 4/9/24

 

SB 406-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2024-1268s)

 

AN ACT relative to emergency housing assistance and making an appropriation therefor.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)
		FY 2024	FY 2025		FY 2026	FY 2027
Revenue		$0	$0		$0	$0
Revenue Fund(s)		None
Expenditures		$2.5 million			$0	$0
Funding Source(s)		General Fund
Appropriations		$2.5 million			$0	$0
Funding Source(s)		General Fund
• Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] Yes • Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] No

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill appropriates $2.5 million to the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of increasing rates paid to shelter programs, with programs receiving funding to prioritize veterans to the greatest extent practicable.  The appropriation does not lapse until the end of the FY 24/25 biennium.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services