Bill Text: NH SB491 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to food protection services in New Hampshire.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-29 - II. Remainder Effective 06/25/2018 [SB491 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB491-Amended.html
SB 491 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/21/2018 1104s
12Apr2018... 1325h
2018 SESSION
18-2893
08/10
SENATE BILL 491
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Katsakiores, Rock. 6; Rep. Bove, Rock. 5; Rep. M. MacKay, Hills. 30
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill transfers the responsibilities for produce safety from the department of health and human services to the department of agriculture, markets and food.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/21/2018 1104s
12Apr2018... 1325h 18-2893
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Produce Safety; Transfer of Responsibilities; Department of Health and Human Services to Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food.
I. All of the functions, positions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and funding for United States Food and Drug Administration produce safety shall be transferred from the department of health and human services to the department of agriculture, markets and food, effective July 1, 2018. Such transfers shall include the transfer of all associated books, papers, records, personnel files, and equipment, including, but not limited to, work station and information technology equipment, and shall include the transfer of any unexpended appropriations for any of the foregoing, as well as any unexpended appropriations for salary/payroll, benefits, support costs, or any other costs associated with the transferred personnel of the division of public health services, department of health and human services related to produce safety inspections.
II. All contracts, rules, statutory responsibilities, regulations, and procedures related to produce safety inspections in effect, in operation, or adopted in the department of health and human services are transferred to the department of agriculture, markets, and food.
2 Department of Health and Human Services; Food and Drug Administration; Produce Safety; Appropriation Reduced; FY 2019. Amend the appropriation to the department of health and human services for FDA produce safety, accounting unit 05-95-90-901510-5030, as inserted by 2017, 155, by striking out:
Class Class Name
010 Personal Services-Perm. Classi $51,515
020 Current Expenses 7,751
041 Audit Fund Set Aside 171
049 Transfer to Other State Agenci 10,000
060 Benefits 28,571
070 In-State Travel Reimbursement 17,800
080 Out-Of State Travel 8,296
102 Contracts for program services 119,902
548 Reagents 10,000
TOTAL 254,006
3 Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food; FDA Produce Safety; Supplemental Appropriation; FY 2019. For the purpose of administering food produce safety, the sum of $254,006 in federal funds is hereby appropriated to the department of agriculture, markets and food in a separate accounting unit to be established by the department of administrative services, bureau of accounts, in the following classes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:
Class Class Name
010 Personal Services-Perm. Classi $51,515
020 Current Expenses 7,751
041 Audit Fund Set Aside 171
049 Transfer to Other State Agenci 10,000
060 Benefits 28,571
070 In-State Travel Reimbursement 17,800
080 Out-Of State Travel 8,296
102 Contracts for program services 119,902
548 Reagents 10,000
TOTAL 254,006
4 Positions Transferred. The following positions are transferred from the department of health and human services to the department of agriculture, markets, and food: 42945 (Program Planner III).
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
