Bill Text: NH HB1100 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Establishing a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training in New Hampshire.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-10 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 344; I. Sec 2 eff 11/01/2018;II. Rem eff 07/01/2018 [HB1100 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1100-Amended.html

HB 1100 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

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2018 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL HB 1100

 

AN ACT establishing a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training in New Hampshire and relative to veterans' preference in public employment.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. J. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24; Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire.  This bill also requires a public employer who does not appoint a veteran or disabled veteran to a position to provide information on other public employment positions for which the veteran or disabled veteran may be qualified and publish a list of other public employment jobs for which the veteran or disabled veteran may be qualified to apply.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

 

AN ACT establishing a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training in New Hampshire and relative to veterans' preference in public employment.

 

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

 

1  New Subdivision; Commission to Review and Evaluate Workforce and Job Training Programs in New Hampshire.  Amend RSA 273 by inserting after section 27 the following new subdivision:

Commission to Review and Evaluate Workforce and Job

Training Programs in New Hampshire

273:28  Commission Established.  

I.  There is established a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire.  The purpose of the commission is to review and evaluate all government funded workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire to ensure that they are effective, not duplicative, and that they are contributing to the needs of the workforce and the labor market.

II.  The commission shall consist of the following members:

(a)  Two members of the house or representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b)  One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(c)  The commissioner of the department of labor, or designee.  

(d)  The commissioner of the department of education, or designee.

(e)  The commissioner of the department of employment security, or designee.

(f)  The chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire, or designee.

(g)  One member of the public, appointed by the governor, who shall be appointed from a list of 5 nominees from organized labor consisting of one from each of the following: New Hampshire AFL-CIO, New Hampshire Building Trades Council, AFT-New Hampshire, NEA-New Hampshire, and the State Employees' Association of New Hampshire.

(h)  One member representing the National Federation of Independent Businesses, appointed by that organization.

(i)  One member who owns an automobile dealership in New Hampshire, appointed by the governor.

(j)  One member representing the manufacturing industry, appointed by the governor.

(k)  One member representing the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association, appointed by the association.

(l)  One member representing the Associated Builders and Contractors, appointed by that organization.

(m)  One member representing the New Hampshire Nurses Association, appointed by the association.

(n)  One member representing the New Hampshire High Technology Council, appointed by the council.

III.  Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.

IV.  The commission shall:

(a)  Receive testimony and request data from each state agency that administers a workforce or job training program funded in the state budget.

(b)  Receive testimony from individuals who have participated in such programs and determine if the program satisfied their needs and expectations, and review the data to determine the cost per enrollee in each program.

(c)  Review the occupations each program is training individuals to perform and determine if there is overlap in training.

(d)  Review methods of achieving more successful outcomes and promote such programs to increase public awareness.

(e)  Review opportunities to direct enrollees into occupations facing a shortage of workers in the state.

(f)  Study existing job training programs to determine the efficiency of the program, the cost per job resulting from a job training program, an analysis of job retention rates for individuals obtaining jobs through a job training program, the historical results of such programs, and a comparison of the costs and results of government-funded and privately-funded job training programs.

(g)  Review and make recommendations on the consolidation of the following job training programs, and any other job training program, into one comprehensive job training program that will meet the needs of the public and New Hampshire employers, and determine the cost savings, if any, from such consolidation:

(1)  Department of health and human services, division of family assistance, accounting unit 05-95-45-450010-6127-employment support program.

(2)  Department of health and human services, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, employment and training.

(3)  Department of education, division of career technology and adult learning, accounting unit 06-56-56-565010-6031-apprenticeship training program.

(4)  Department of education, division of career technology and adult learning, accounting unit 06-56-56-565010-6030-career and technical education/vocational education (CTE/VOC ED-State).

(5)  Department of education, division of career technology and adult learning, accounting unit 06-56-56-565010-6032-career technology education/vocational education (CTE/VOC ED-Perkins).

(6)  Department of education, division of career technical and adult learning, accounting unit 06-56-56-565010-4095-Youth Title I-Workforce Investment Act.

(7)  Department of education, division of career technology and adult learning, 7004-adult education.

(8)  Department of education, division of career technical and adult learning, accounting unit 06-56-56-565010-2538-vocational rehabilitation field programs match.

(9)  Department of education, division of career technical and adult learning, accounting unit 06-56-56-565010-2539-supported employment, Title VI-C.

(10)  Department of safety, fire standards and emergency medical services training courses under RSA 21-P.

(11)  Department of employment security, job training funds from the department of health and human services.

(12)  Department of business and economic affairs, job training program for economic growth pursuant to RSA 12-O:30-37.

(13)  Police standards and training council training programs pursuant to RSA 106-L.  

V.  The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members.  The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member.  The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.  Eight members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

VI.  The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2018.

2  Repeal.  RSA 273:28, relative to a commission to review and evaluate workforce and job training programs in New Hampshire, is repealed.  

3  Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment.  Amend RSA 99-F:5, III to read as follows:

III.  A public employer that does not appoint a veteran or disabled veteran to a vacant position for state employment, shall upon written request of the veteran or disabled veteran, provide an explanation of its decision.  The explanation shall include information for the veteran or disabled veteran regarding other public employer positions within the hiring agency for which the veteran or disabled veteran may be qualified to apply.  

4  New Paragraph; Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment.  Amend RSA 99-F:5 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV.  A public employer shall conduct a review and publish a listing of all positions for which active duty veterans or disabled veterans who have been honorably discharged shall be acceptable and who fulfill the minimum experience required for the position.  The listing shall include law enforcement, security, and corrections positions for which the public employer regularly conducts recruitment at the entry level.  The bona fide occupational qualifications for the position, including the acceptance of active duty service as experience, shall be determined by the employer.

5  Effective Date.  

I.  Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2018.

II.  Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

III.  The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

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