Bill Text: NH HB1142 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to employee compensation at certain hospitals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 25 [HB1142 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1142-Introduced.html
HB 1142 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2240
01/05
HOUSE BILL 1142
AN ACT relative to employee compensation at certain hospitals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Williams, Hills. 4
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies employee compensation at certain licensed facilities which receive state funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2240
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to employee compensation at certain hospitals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Compensation of Employees at Non-Profit Facilities. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 12-b the following new section:
151:12-c Compensation of Employees at Non-Profit Facilities; Penalty.
I. In this section:
(a) "Compensation" means salary, bonus payments whether based on performance or otherwise, deferred compensation, incentive payments, severance payments, loans to be repaid on terms, including interest, less than market rate, value of facility-provided vehicle, housing or other prerequisites not available to all employees, stock or stock options, and any dividends or other incidents of the ownership of such facility.
(b) "Minimum facility compensation" means the value of the annual compensation received by the lowest-paid full-time employee.
II. If an employee of a non-profit general acute care hospital, non-profit acute psychiatric hospital, non-profit acute specialty hospital, or any other non-profit acute care facility required to be licensed under this chapter which accepts funds from the state of New Hampshire receives annual compensation greater than 100 times the minimum facility compensation, such facility shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to the amount by which the employee's annual compensation exceeds 100 times the value of the minimum facility compensation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
