28-B:3 Duties of the Commission. –
The county-state finance commission shall oversee the financial relationship and the development of policy associated with programs for which the county and state governments share funding obligations. The commission shall have the following responsibilities:
I. Review and provide recommendations about the state's long-term care medicaid plan under RSA 151-E and related provisions which address programs for which counties have financial obligation prior to submission of such plans to the federal medicaid agency.
II. Review and provide recommendations regarding department of health and human services rate setting and adjustments including, but not limited to, those for long-term care services for elderly and adult clients by the division of elderly and adult services, court-ordered and volunteer services by the division for children, youth, and families, and the division of juvenile justice services, prior to any rate setting or adjustments.
III. Review and provide recommendations for refinement of county billing systems for all payments from the counties to the state.
IV. Pursue and evaluate funding options.
V. Develop a process for managing individual county payment limits under RSA 167:18-a. In no event shall the individual county payment limit reduce or alter the total county obligation under RSA 167:18-a.
VI. Oversee:
(a) Funds expended by the state for long-term care, including county reimbursement of said funds under RSA 167:18-a.
(b) State responsibility for court-ordered expenses for services or treatment provided to minors under RSA 169-B:40, RSA 169-C:27, and RSA 169-D:29.
Source. 2003, 223:2, eff. July 1, 2003. 2007, 263:14, eff. July 1, 2008. 2009, 188:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2009.