Bill Text: NH HB1644 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Relative to the regulation of individual home health care service providers by the department of health and human services.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-03 - House Signed By Governor 05/02/2012; Effective 07/01/2012; Chapter 0041 [HB1644 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1644-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 41

HB 1644 – FINAL VERSION

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2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1644

AN ACT relative to the regulation of individual home health care service providers by the department of health and human services.

SPONSORS: Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Pilotte, Hills 16; Sen. Groen, Dist 6

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires persons providing individual personal care services or homemaker services to be registered with the department of health and human services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to the regulation of individual home health care service providers by the department of health and human services.

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

41:1 License or Registration Required. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:2 to read as follows:

151:2 License or Registration Required.

41:2 New Paragraph; Individual Home Care Service Provider; Registration Required. Amend RSA 151:2 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. No person shall operate as, or represent himself or herself as, an individual home care service provider as defined in RSA 151:2-b, V unless that person is registered in accordance with this chapter.

41:3 Individual Home Heath Care Service Provider. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:2-b to read as follows:

151:2-b Home Health Care Provider and Individual Home Care Service Provider.

41:4 New Paragraph; Definition Added. Amend RSA 151:2-b by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. “Individual home care service provider” means any individual not employed by a home health care provider licensed under RSA 151:2, I(b) who solicits and provides personal care services or homemaker services for compensation to clients in their places of residence; provided that the client is not a family member.

41:5 Rulemaking. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:9-a to read as follows:

151:9-a Rules for Home Health Care Providers and Individual Home Care Service Providers.

41:6 New Paragraph; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 151:9-a by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:

XII. Requirements for mandatory registration of individual home care service providers which shall not exceed a criminal background check and a state registry check.

41:7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 2, 2012

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

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