Zoom Meeting Public Access Link: https://zoom.us/j/93701004543

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfTxvjbRJcUJ24GUPGxJvlh3FsDHMlAY6

Committee Requests and Agency Responses

• Committee Request Tracking Sheet (updated 3/18/21)

Agency Responses (see Committee Request Tracking Sheet for items)

• Item 2: DHHS Positions Authorized, SFYs 2018-2023 (received 2/23/21)
• Item 3: Alvarez and Marsal Report - DHHS Operations Assessment (received 3/13/21)
  • Report - November 2020 Phase 1A
  • Report - January 2021 Phase 1B
  • Presentation - November 2020 Phase 1A
  • Presentation - January 2021 Phase 1B
• Item 4: DHHS Prioritized Needs Not Included in the Governor's Budget (received 2/26/21)
• Item 6: see Item 7.
• Item 7: Change Requests
  • Items 6, 7, 61: DHHS Budget Change Requests - 1st Batch [see "OCOM" requests in spreadsheet for Item 6 response; See "Item 61-AU 7937" for Item 61 response] (received 3/13/21)
    • Correspondence - 1st Batch of Change Requests (received 3/13/21)
• Item 8: Indirect costs - Statewide Cost Allocation Plan Estimate (received 2/22/21)
• Item 8: Indirect costs - Statewide Cost Allocation Plan Estimate spreadsheet (received 2/22/21)
• Item 11: Proposed DHHS Expenditure Plan to Use HB2 Funding Related to Implementing Certain Alvarez and Marsal Report Recommendations (received 3/11/21)
• Items 17 through 25, 29, 31, 32, 33: DHHS Division of Economic and Housing Stability Response (received 3/4/21)
  • Item 18: Bureau of Family Assistance - Employee Supplemental Job Descriptions (received 3/4/21)
  • Item 20: Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration Federal Match Requirement (received 3/4/21)
  • Item 23: Child Development Program Decreased Funding Effect (received 3/5/21)
• Item 26: DHHS SFYs 2020-2021 Funding Lapse (received 3/13/21)
  • Correspondence - SFYs 2020-2021 Funding Lapse (received 3/13/21)
• Item 28: DHHS Regional Boundaries and Explanation (received 3/3/21)
• Item 30: Summary of DHHS Covid-19 Pandemic Relief Funds Received (received 3/9/21)
• Items 34 through 38: New Hampshire Hospital Response (received 3/8/21)
• Item 39: DHHS Division of Behavioral Health Performance Metrics Document (received 3/4/21)
• Item 40: DHHS Division of Behavioral Health - Effect of Five Percent Increase or Decrease to Bureau Budgets [revised] (received 3/5/21)
• Item 41: DHHS Division of Behavioral Health - State Opioid Response Grant Contracts (received 3/3/21)
• Item 42: DHHS Bureau of Child Behavioral Health - New Jersey's Children's System of Care Presentation (received 3/3/21)
• Item 43: DHHS Proposed Changes to Section 33, HB2 (received 3/13/21)
• Item 44: HB2 State Secure Psychiatric Facility - Funding Options (received 3/3/21)
  • Correspondence - Follow-up (received 3/15/21)
• Item 45: Response Regarding DHHS Funding Lapse, SFY 2021 (received 3/13/21)
• Item 46: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding
  • Actual TANF Funding through 12/30/20 (received 3/13/21)
  • Proposed TANF Funding for SFYs 2021-2023 (received 3/13/21)
• Item 47: DHHS Integrated Delivery Network Fund Transfers (received 3/13/21)
• Items 48 through 59: DHHS Division of Children, Youth, and Families Responses (received 3/18/21)
  • Division of Children, Youth, and Families and Department of Education Presentation - Educational Neglect & Truancy through the Pandemic, February 2021 (received 3/18/21)
  • Sununu Youth Services Center Cost Estimates Per Individual (received 3/18/21)
• Item 60: DHHS-County Intergovernmental Transfer Agreements (examples)
  • Rockingham County (received 3/8/21)
  • Hillsborough County (received 3/8/21)
• Item 61: see Item 7.
• Item 62: see Item 3.
• Item 63: History of Medicaid Provider Rate Increases, SFYs 2010-2021 (received 3/16/21)
  • Correspondence Regarding Provider Rate Increases (received 3/16/21)
• Item 64: History of Rate Increases to Child Health Insurance Program (received 3/12/21)
• Item 65: DHHS Position - Nursing Facility Capacity and Moratorium (received 3/11/21)
• Items 65 through 69: DHHS Division of Long Term Supports and Services Responses (received 3/11/21)
• Item 70: DHHS Staffing and Vacancy Breakdown, SFYs 2018-2021 (received 3/11/21)
• Items 71 through 77: DHHS Division of Public Health Services Response (received 3/13/21)
• Item 79: March 2021 Guidehouse Report - New Hampshire Long Term Supports and Services for Seniors & Individuals with Physical Disabilities, Findings and Recommendations (received 3/12/21)
• Item 81: DHHS Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services - Regarding HB 2 Repeal of Foster Grandparent and Congregate Housing Programs (received 3/18/21)
• Items 82 through 86: DHHS Division of Public Health Services Responses (received 3/18/21)
• DHHS Position Movement (received 2/22/21)
• Summary of NH Medicaid Dental Benefit - Legislation and Cost Estimates (received 3/5/21)
• DHHS Division of Behavioral Health - Family Resource Centers
  • Overview (received 3/5/21)
  • Funding (received 3/5/21)
• Family Planning Program Vendors, SFYs 2020-2021 (received 3/12/21)

 

Summary - Division III Adopted Amendments

• HB 1

  • 2021-0936h - Relative to DHHS Personnel Reductions (Adopted 3/23/21)

  • 2021-0946h - Relative to DHHS Budget Reductions (Adopted 3/23/21)

  • Relative to the Family Planning Program (Adopted 3/23/21)

  • Relative to the Sununu Youth Services Center (Adopted 3/23/21)

  • Relative to DHHS Budget Change Requests (Adopted 3/23/21)

  • Relative to the Medicaid Management Information System (Adopted 3/22/21)

  • Lapse Note Changes (Adopted 3/22/21)

  • Relative to County Cap (Adopted 3/19/21)

  • Relative to Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) Budget Changes (Adopted 3/19/21)

  • Relative to DHHS Budget Change Request - Office of Information Services

• HB 2

  • 2021-1003h - Relative to Governor Declared State of Emergency (Adopted 3/24/21)

  • Relative to the Sununu Youth Services Center

    • 2021-0926h [HB 254 Text] (Adopted 3/23/21)

    • 2021-0937h [Closure of Sununu Youth Services Center] (Adopted 3/24/21)

    • 2021-0991h [Creation of Commission] (Adopted 3/24/21)

    • 2021-0992h [Transitional Costs] (Adopted 3/24/21)

    • 2021-0990h [Disposal of Property] (Adopted 3/24/21)

    • 2021-0994h [Job Training]] (Adopted 3/24/21)

  • 2021-0935h - Relative to the Medicaid Management Information System (Adopted 3/22/21)

  • 2021-0931h - Relative to DHHS Transfer Authority (Adopted 3/22/21)

  • 2021-0928h - Relative to Appropriations for DHHS Implementation of Certain Alvarez and Marsal Report Recommendations (Adopted 3/22/21)

  • 2021-0940h - Relative to the Family Planning Program (Adopted 3/22/21)

  • 2021-0896h - Relative to County Cap (Adopted 3/19/21)
  • 2021-0908h - Relative to Federal Match Revenue (Adopted 3/19/21)
  • 2021-0904h - Deletion of Section 25 Relative to Access to Mental Health System (Adopted 3/19/21)
  • 2021-0902h - Deletion of Section 38 Relative to Certain DHHS Appropriations (Adopted 3/19/21)
  • 2021-0905h - Deletion of Section 37 Relative to Appropriations for Senior Centers (Adopted 3/19/21)
  • 2021-0890h - Deletion of Section 39 Relative to Appropriations for Secure Psychiatric Hospital (Adopted 3/18/21)
  • 2021-0911h - Relative to Use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Funding for Childcare Services (Adopted 3/19/21)

• HB 600

  • 2021-0899h - Relative to HB 600 Effective Date (Adopted 3/22/21)

 

Meeting Materials

1/28/21

• LBA Division Briefing

Zoom Recording of 1/28 Meeting

2/4/21

• Waypoint Presentation
• New Futures Handout

2/18/21 & 2/22/21

• DHHS Presentation - Department Overview
• DHHS Budget Presentations - Office of the Commissioner
  • Division of Program Quality & Integrity (revised 2/22/21)
  • Bureau of Information Services (revised 2/22/21)
  • Legal, Legislative, & Regulatory Services
  • Operations and Office of Health Equity
• DHHS Acronym List
• DHHS Budget Briefing Book
  • Index
  • Budget Accounting Unit Index Spreadsheet (received 2/26/21)

Zoom Recording of 2/18 Meeting

Zoom Recording of 2/22 Meeting

2/23/21

• DHHS Division of Economic and Housing Stability Presentation
  • Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration
  • Bureau of Child Support Services
  • Bureau of Family Assistance and Bureau of Employment Supports
  • Bureau of Housing Supports
  • Division Contact List

Zoom Recording of 2/23 Meeting

3/1/21 & 3/3/21

• DHHS Division of Behavioral Health Presentation
  • DHHS Community Mental Health Agreement Website: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dcbcs/bbh/settlement.htm
• New Hampshire Hospital Presentation
• Glencliff Home Presentation
• Philbrook Adult Transitional Housing (PATH) Center Presentation

Zoom Recording of 3/1 Meeting

Zoom Recording of 3/3 Meeting

3/5/21

• DHHS Division of Children, Youth, and Families Presentation
• Public Testimony - Waypoint:
  • Vermont Legislature - Report on Long-Term Plan for Justice-Involved Youth
  • Waypoint- Sununu Youth Services Center Report and Recommendations

Video: Recording of 3/5 Meeting

3/8/21

• DHHS Division of Medicaid Services Presentation

Video: Recording of 3/8 Meeting

3/9/21

• DHHS Division of Long Term Supports and Services Presentation

Video: Recording of 3/9 Meeting

3/10/21 & 3/15/21

• DHHS Division of Public Health Services Presentation
• Presentation - Former Senator Clegg & Carolyn Virtue
• Presentation - Granite State Home Health & Hospice Association
• Presentation - Office of Child Advocate
• Information Sheet - New Hampshire Counties' Viewpoint

Video: Recording of 3/10 Meeting

Video: Recording of 3/15 Meeting

3/12/21

Video: Recording of 3/12 Meeting

3/15/21

• Veteran's Home Presentation

3/16/21

• HB 254 Materials
  • HB 254 - Current Version
  • DHHS Division of Children, Youth, and Family Services Materials
    • Sununu Youth Services Center Petition List, 2019-2020
    • Handout - Felony Level Offenses No Longer Subject to Commitment Under HB 254
    • Handout - Juvenile Justice Caseloads
    • Handout - Sununu Youth Services Center Population, 2016-2020
    • Judicial Branch - Detention Assessment Screening Instrument
    • Judicial Branch - Detention Assessment Screening Instrument Instructions
• Waypoint Testimony
  • Waypoint-Committable Offenses Under HB 254
• HB 600 Materials
  • HB 600 - Current Version

Video: Recording of 3/16 Meeting

3/17/21

• Div III Initial Base w-o Adds

Video: Recording of 3/17 Meeting

3/18/21

• Index of Governor's Budget Footnotes
• Governor's Budget - DHHS Accounting Units with Other Funds

Video: Recording of 3/18 Meeting

3/19/21

• Agenda
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0830h (Introduced; vote not taken as of 3/19/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0905h (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0911h (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 1 Amendment Related to Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) Budget Changes (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 1 Amendment Related to County Cap (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0896h (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0908h (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0904h (Adopted 3/19/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0902h (Adopted 3/19/21)

Videos: Recording of 3/19 Meeting (AM)

   Recording of 3/19 Meeting (PM)

3/22/21

• Proposed Changes to Governor's Recommended Budget
• Proposed Changes to HB 1 Appropriation Totals
• HB 600 Amendment - 2021-0899h (Adopted 3/22/21; HB 600 with amendment adopted 3/22/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0940h (Adopted 3/22/21)
• HB 1 Amendment Related to Family Planning Program - Representative Erf
• HB 1 Amendment Related to Family Planning Program - Representative Rogers
• HB 1 Amendment - 2021-0936h
• HB 1 Amendment - 2021-0946h
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0928h (Adopted 3/22/21)
  • HB 1 Lapse Note (Adopted 3/22/21)
• HB 1 Amendment Related to Medicaid Management Information System (Adopted 3/22/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0935h (Adopted 3/22/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0931h (Adopted 3/22/21)
• Proposed Choices for Independence Footnote Amendment

Video: Recording of 3/22 Meeting

3/23/21

• Status of Division III Related HB 2 Sections at 9:30am

• Status of Proposed Division III Changes to Governor's Proposed Budget at 9:30am

• HB 1 Amendment - 2021-0936h (Adopted 3/23/21)

• HB 1 Amendment - 2021-0946h (Adopted 3/23/21)

• Family Planning Program Related Material

  • HB 1 Amendment - Representative Edwards (Adopted 3/23/21)

• DHHS Change Requests (see Item 7 in "Committee Requests and Agency Responses" section above) (Adopted 3/23/21)

• Status of Proposed Division III Changes to Governor's Proposed Budget at 2:00pm
• Sununu Youth Services Center Material
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0926h [HB 254 Text] (Adopted 3/23/21)
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0937h [Closure of Sununu Youth Services Center] (Adopted 3/24/21)
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0950h [Creation of Commission]
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0930h [Alternative Placements]
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0934h [Juvenile Corrections]
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0932h [Transitional Costs]
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0942h [Job Training]
  • HB 2 Amendment - 2021-0933h [Disposal of Property]
  • HB 1 Amendment Relative to the Sununu Youth Services Center (Adopted 3/23/21)
  • Office of Child Advocate - Response Regarding Sununu Youth Services Center
• HB 254 (Vote to Retain 3/23/21)

Video: Recording of 3/23 Meeting

3/24/21

• Sununu Youth Services Center Material (Revised Amendments)
  • 2021-0991h [Creation of Commission] (Adopted 3/24/21)
  • 2021-0992h [Transitional Costs] (Adopted 3/24/21)
  • 2021-0990h [Disposal of Property] (Adopted 3/24/21)
  • 2021-0994h [Job Training] (Adopted 3/24/21)
• HB 2 Amendment - 2021-1003h (Adopted 3/24/21)

Video: Recording of 3/24 Meeting

4/12/21

• DHHS - State Forensic Hospital Information Session Presentation
• Letter to Senate Finance Committee re: State Forensic Hospital 4-21-21