SB 333 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/17/2022 1055s
2022 SESSION
22-3079
05/11
SENATE BILL 333
AN ACT relative to licensure of case management service providers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 40; Rep. Homola, Hills. 27; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill defines and regulates case management services providers as a type of home health care provider under RSA 151:2-b.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/17/2022 1055s 22-3079
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to licensure of case management service providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Home Health Care Provider; Reference to Case Management Agency Added. Amend the section heading of RSA 151:2-b and RSA 151:2-b, I to read as follows:
151:2-b Home Health Care Provider and Individual Home Care Service Provider; Case Management Services Provider.
I. "Home health care provider" means any organization, business entity, or subdivision thereof, including a case management services provider, whether public or private, whether operated for profit or not, which is engaged in arranging or providing, directly or through contract arrangement, one or more of the following: nursing services, home health aide services, or other therapeutic and related services which may include, but shall not be limited to, physical and occupational therapy, speech pathology, nutritional services, medical social services, personal care services, and homemaker services, which may be of a preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, health guidance or supportive nature to persons in their places of residence.
2 New Paragraph; Case Management Services Provider. Amend RSA 151:2-b by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. "Case management services provider" means any entity or organization which is engaged in arranging services furnished to assist individuals, who reside in a community setting or are transitioning to a community setting, in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services. Individuals shall be allowed the free choice of any qualified case management provider when obtaining case management services. Case management services shall not be used to restrict an individual's access to other services. Case management service providers shall be free from conflict of interest and shall not provide case management activities and other services to the same individual. Case management activities shall not include activities which constitute the direct delivery of other services. Case management shall not include the care management functions of insurers, including managed care organizations.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.