Bill Text: NH SB412 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to residential care and health facility licensing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-10 - Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0158; Effective 06/30/2024 [SB412 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB412-Introduced.html
SB 412-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3052
05/08
SENATE BILL 412-FN
AN ACT relative to residential care and health facility licensing.
SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Nutter-Upham, Hills. 8; Rep. Schapiro, Ches. 16
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill extends the exception for an existing pediatric intermediate care facility to accept 2 additional residents.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3052
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to residential care and health facility licensing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; Exception Added. Amend RSA 151:2, VI(a) to read as follows:
VI.(a)(1) No new license shall be issued for, and there shall be no increase in licensed capacity of, any nursing home, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or rehabilitation facility, including rehabilitation hospitals and facilities offering comprehensive rehabilitation services. This moratorium shall not apply to any rehabilitation facility whose sole purpose is to treat individuals for substance use disorder or mental health issues or to any continuing care facility for which a certificate of authority has been issued by the insurance commissioner pursuant to RSA 420-D:2.
(2) Provided however, effective July 1, 2023, any pediatric intermediate care facility, established before the effective date of this subparagraph is authorized to house [one] 2 additional pediatric [resident] residents beyond its licensed capacity prior to that date, with this authorization to expire June 30, [2024] 2026.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 30, 2024.
24-3052
Revised 2/6/24
SB 412-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to residential care and health facility licensing.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification state this bill, as introduced, will have no fiscal impact.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
