Bill Text: NH SB235 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the patients trust fund and relative to a 10-bed psychiatric crisis unit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-05 - Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2014; Chapter 0315; Effective 07/01/2014 [SB235 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB235-Amended.html
SB 235 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
1/30/14 0150s
2014 SESSION
01/05
SENATE BILL 235
AN ACT relative to the patients’ trust fund.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services
This bill allows the department of health and human services to utilize certain capital project funding for New Hampshire hospital psychiatric crisis beds and makes an adjustment to the operating budget to establish certain positions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
1/30/14 0150s
14-2654
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to the patients’ trust fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Patients’ Trust Fund. Amend RSA 151:24, III to read as follows:
III. A written receipt shall be given to a patient or a personal representative of the patient when personal funds and possessions are received by a facility [and]. The facility shall furnish the patient or a personal representative of the patient with a quarterly statement of the funds and possessions; except that the New Hampshire hospital shall furnish a quarterly statement only upon request made by the patient or the personal representative of the patient. The statement shall contain the items and amounts received, the sources, the disposition, and the date of each transaction. Upon the discharge of a patient, the facility shall furnish the patient or a personal representative with a final statement and return all personal funds and possessions not later than 10 days after discharge. Upon the death of a patient, the facility shall furnish the executor, administrator, or voluntary administrator, upon proof of appointment, all personal funds and possessions of the deceased patient.
2 Operating Budget; 2013; Acute Psychiatric Services Amended. Amend 2013, 143:1, accounting unit 05,95, 94, 940010, 8750, to read as follows:
05 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
95 HEALTH AND HUMAN SVCS DEPT OF
94 HHS: NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL
940010 NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL
8750 ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
010 Personal Services-Perm. Classi 19,652,368 [19,921,527] 20,081,477
012 Personal Services-Unclassified 21,630,039 1,636,014
017 FT Employees Special Payments 341,986 341,987
018 Overtime 544,459 555,348
019 Holiday Pay 448,564 457,535
020 Current Expenses 90,000 91,800
022 Rents-Leases Other than State 0 8,811
030 Equipment 0 50,000
041 Audit Fund Set Aside 5,101 5,203
042 Additional Fringe Benefits 611,504 623,734
050 Personal Service-Temp/Appointe 621,090 633,511
060 Benefits 11,559,176 [12,181,370] 12,371,420
066 Employee training 25,000 25,000
100 Prescription Drug Expenses * 1,500,534 1,540,675
101 Medical Payments to Providers 722,270 741,575
102 Contracts for program services 7,972,545 8,220,074
501 Payments To Clients 59,400 61,182
523 Client Benefits 1,745 1,832
TOTAL 45,785,781 [47,038,367] 47,447,178
ESTIMATED SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR
ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
009 Agency Income 19,510,633 [19,993,973] 20,165,050
FEDERAL FUNDS 14,169,735 [14,560,205] 14,708,625
GENERAL FUND 12,105,413 [12,484,189] 12,573,502
TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS 45,785,781 [47,038,367] 47,447,178
3 Department of Health and Human Services; Establishing Acute Psychiatric Services Classified Positions. Established within the department of health and human services shall be the following classified positions:
Classification No. of Positions Labor Grade
Ward Clerk 2 10
Nurse Specialist 2 25
Registered Nurse III 9 23
Mental Health Worker II 16 11
Psychiatric Social Worker 1 23
Health Facility Cleaner II 2 08
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
