HB 185-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0203
08/10
HOUSE BILL 185-FN
AN ACT removing the work requirement of the New Hampshire granite advantage health
care program.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schapiro, Ches. 16; Rep. Salloway, Straf. 5; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep.
Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the work and community engagement requirements of the New Hampshire
granite advantage health care program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 185-FN - AS INTRODUCED
21-0203
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT removing the work requirement of the New Hampshire granite advantage health
care program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
2 I. RSA 126-AA:2, I(h), relative to savings generated as a result of individuals disenrolled in
3 the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program for failing to meet the work
4 requirements.
5 II. RSA 126-AA:2, III-IV, relative to the work and community engagement requirements
6 under the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program.
7 III. RSA 126-AA:4, II(a)(9), relative to a certain duty of the commission to evaluate the
8 effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program.
9 IV. RSA 126-AA:4, II(d), relative to making a certain recommendation relative to the work
10 and community engagement requirement.
11 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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21-0203
12/16/20
HB 185-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT removing the work requirement of the New Hampshire granite advantage health
care program.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE: FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
Appropriation $0 $0 $0 $0
Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Expenditures Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable
[ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Revenues
Funding Source:
deposited into the NH Granite Advantage Health Care Trust Fund
METHODOLOGY:
This bill removes the work and community engagement requirements from the New Hampshire
Granite Advantage Health Care Program established in RSA 126-AA. The Department of
Health and Human Services states that the bill's fiscal impact is indeterminable, as the
Department is currently prohibited from implementing the existing requirement due to a legal
order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on July 29, 2019.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services