Bill Text: NH SB491 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to Medicaid home health care services and relative to the scope of practice of licensed nursing assistants.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-21 - Signed by the Governor on 06/16/2016; Chapter 0273; Effective 06/16/2016 [SB491 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB491-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 273
SB 491-FN - FINAL VERSION
02/11/2016 0382s
03/24/2016 1067s
06/01/2016 2109EBA
2016 SESSION
16-2940
01/09
SENATE BILL 491-FN
AN ACT relative to Medicaid home health care services and relative to the scope of practice of licensed nursing assistants.
SPONSORS: Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires Medicaid coverage of medically-necessary home health care services to be provided to older adults and persons with disabilities at their residences and in the community. This bill also clarifies the scope of practice of licensed nursing assistants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/11/2016 0382s
03/24/2016 1067s
11May2016... 1593h
06/01/2016 2109EBA
16-2940 01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to Medicaid home health care services and relative to the scope of practice of licensed nursing assistants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
273:1 New Chapter; Home Health Care Agency Services. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 161-M the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 161-N
HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY SERVICES
161-N:1 Purpose. Older adults and people with disabilities, including children with special health care needs, require the support of home health care services. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure medically-necessary home health care services are available to Medicaid recipients at their residences and in non-institutional locations outside of the residence in which normal life activities take place.
161-N:2 Definitions. In this chapter:
I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
II. "Home health care services" means care provided by a home health care agency licensed under RSA 151, when that care is provided at the residence of the recipient or in a non-institutional setting where normal life activities take place. The residence of the recipient shall not include a hospital, a nursing facility, or an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, except for home health care services in an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities that are not required to be provided by the facility.
161-N:3 Home Health Care Services Location. Medicaid coverage of medically-necessary home health care services shall be available to Medicaid recipients at their residences and in any non-institutional setting in which normal life activities take place.
161-N:4 Rulemaking. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
I. Further definition of home health care services under RSA 161-N:3.
II. Content and format of forms required under this chapter.
III. Any other matter necessary to the proper administration of this chapter.
273:2 Licensed Nursing Assistant; Scope of Practice. Amend RSA 326-B:14, III(c) to read as follows:
(c) Assist individuals to attain and maintain functional independence [in a home or health care facility].
273:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 16, 2016
Effective Date: June 16, 2016
