JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

REGULAR MEETING

TENTATIVE AGENDA

 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 - 9:00 a.m.

ROOMS 306/308  LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING

 

 

Senate Members of JLCAR

House Members of JLCAR

 

 

Sen. John Reagan, Chair

Rep. Carol M. McGuire, Vice-Chair

Sen. James Gray

Rep. Alan Bershtein

Sen. Suzanne Prentiss

Rep. William A. Hatch

Sen. Ruth Ward

Rep. Timothy P. Lang

Sen. Rebecca Whitley

Rep. Peter B. Schmidt

Sen. Kevin Avard (Alt.)

Rep. Fred Doucette (Alt.)

Sen. Regina Birdsell (Alt.)

Rep. Claire Rouillard (Alt.)

Sen. Sharon Carson (Alt.)

Rep. Terry Roy (Alt.)

Sen. Kevin Cavanaugh (Alt.)

Rep. Dianne E. Schuett (Alt.)

Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Alt.)

Rep. Edith Tucker (Alt.)

 

The times and order specified for the agenda items listed below are only tentative.  The Committee may change the order or may change the amount of time allotted for such items.

 

1.   9:00 a.m.    Convene, Seating of Alternates, and Review Minutes

 

JLCAR Deadlines Noted in Agenda:

For OR's and ROR's:

Deadline is for sponsoring a joint resolution.

For FP's:

Deadline is for approval, conditional approval, or preliminary objection. Otherwise, rule is automatically approved.

For INT's:

Deadline is for approval or conditional approval.
Otherwise, agency cannot adopt the interim rule.

 

 

 

FP - Final Proposal

OR - Preliminary Objection Response

ROR - Revised Objection Response

ER - Emergency Rule

INT - Interim Rule

EXP - Expedited Repeal

EXRF - Expedited Revisions to Form

EXIR – Expedited Amendment to Incorporation by Reference


 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

2.  9:05 a.m.  Committee Approval of Final Proposals and Proposed Interim Rule:

 

 

(a)  FP 2021-34

Approval

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER-FREE DESIGN COMMITTEE OF THE

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY

Office Address

(JLCAR Deadline December 20, 2021.)

 

 

(b)  FP 2021-68

Approval

WETLANDS COUNCIL

Definitions, Organization, and Public Information;

Procedural Rules

(JLCAR Deadline December 6, 2021.)

 

 

(c)  FP 2021-77

Approval

GOVERNING BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

Definitions of Ethical Standards

(JLCAR Deadline December 20, 2021)

 

 

(d)  FP 2021-85

Approval

GOVERNING BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS

Ethical Standards

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.)

 

 

(e)  FP 2021-89

Approval

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Former Division of Human Services

Nutritional Supplement for Working Families (NSWF)

(JLCAR Deadline December 13, 2021.)

 

 

(f)  FP 2021-91

Approval

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Credit for Reinsurance

(JLCAR Deadline September 27, 2021.)

 

 

(g)  FP 2021-94

Approval

COLLEGE TUITION SAVINGS PLAN ADVISORY COMMISSION

College Tuition Savings Plan, Governor's Scholarship Program,

and UNIQUE Endowment Allocation Program

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.)

 

 

(h)  INT 2021-10

Approval

OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Renewal Fees for Physician Assistants

(JLCAR Deadline January 26, 2022. Rule implements 2021, 91:81 (HB 2), effective July 1, 2021.)

 

 

3.  9:10 a.m.  Committee Conditional Approvals:

 

 

(a)  FP 2021-63

Conditional Approval

N. H. PHARMACY BOARD

Institutional Pharmacy Practice

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.)

 

 

(b)  FP 2021-64

Conditional Approval

GOVERNING BOARD OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Code of Ethics

(JLCAR Deadline December 13, 2021.)

 

 

(c)  FP 2021-78

Conditional Approval

OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

 

Organizational Rules

(JLCAR Deadline December 13, 2021.)

 

 

(d)  FP 2021-79

Conditional Approval

OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Temporary Licensure of Health Care and Other Professionals

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.  Existing emergency rules will expire December 8, 2021.)

 

 

(e)  FP 2021-96

Conditional Approval

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Former Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services

Designation of Receiving Facilities

(JLCAR Deadline December 28, 2021.  Some exisitng rules will expire as emergency rules on November 24, 2021.)

 

 

4.  9:15 a.m.  Committee Acceptance of Agency Responses to Objections:

 

(No items)

 

 

 

5.  9:16 a.m.  Committee Issuance of Preliminary or Revised Objections to Final Proposals:

 

(No items)

 

 

 

NOTE:

 

The following proposals were conditionally approved by the Committee on the dates indicated.  Also noted is whether there is an agency response and subsequent confirmation by the Office of Legislative Services that

 the proposals have been amended as conditionally approved.  No further Committee action is required in

that case:

 

 

Conditionally Approved September 16, 2021:

 

 

FP 2021-61

BOARD OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION THERAPY

Criminal History Records Check, Initial Licensure, and

Temporary Licensure

(Response received October 25, 2021 and confirmed October 25, 2021.)

 

 

Conditionally Approved October 21, 2021:

 

 

FP 2021-31

BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

Criminal History Record Check Credential

(Response received November 10, 2021 and confirmed November 10, 2021.)

 

 

INT 2021-9

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Drinking Water Programs

Per and Polyfluroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Remediation Grant and Loan Fund Program

(Response received October 25, 2021 and confirmed October 26, 2021.)

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

6.  9:18 a.m.  Consider postponing action on certain items to another meeting.

 

 

7.  9:20 a.m.  LOTTERY COMMISSION

 

 

FP 2021-84

Preliminary Objection

Historic Horse Racing

(JLCAR Deadline November 29, 2021.)

(Formerly Item #10 on the October 21, 2021 Agenda.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.  9:25 a.m.  DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY

 

 

FP 2021-72

Approval

Commissioner

Blue Alert

(JLCAR Deadline December 7, 2021.)

 

 

9.  9:35 a.m.  INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

 

 

FP 2021-90

Approval

Ancillary Health Minimum Standards for Benefits for

Disability Income Protection Coverage

(JLCAR Deadline December 13, 2021.) 

 

 

10.  9:40  a.m. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

 

 

FP 2021-70

Approval

Cross Program Rules

N. H. Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program

(JLCAR Deadline Decmeber 27, 2021.)

 

 

11.  9:45 a.m  BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS

 

 

FP 2021-66

Conditional Approval
w/Recommendation

Reinstatement of Licenses

(JLCAR Deadline December 7, 2021.)

 

 

12.  9:50 a.m.  GOVERNING BOARD OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS

 

 

FP 2021-80

Approval

Continued Status

(JLCAR Deadline December 13, 2021.)

 

 

13.  10:00 a.m.  GOVERNING BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS    TO BE POSTPONED

 

 

FP 2021-75

Postponed to

12/16/21 Regular Meeting

Physical Agent Modalities

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.)

 

 

14.  10:10 a.m.  N. H. PHARMACY BOARD                                                           TO BE POSTPONED

 

 

FP 2021-67

Postponed to

12/16/21 Regular Meeting

Pharmacist Initiation and Dispensing of Hormonal Contraceptives

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.)

 

 

15.  10:15 a.m.  BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE

 

 

FP 2021-76

Conditional Approval

w/Recommendation

License Renewal, Continuing Education, Collaboration,

and Reinstatement

(JLCAR Deadline December 27, 2021.)

 

 

16.  10:20 a.m.  GOVERNING BOARD OF GENETIC COUNSELORS

 

 

Discussion on the following emergency rule:

 

 

ER Document #13290

No Furter Action

Genetic Counselors Renewal—Continued Competency for New Lincenses

(Effective November 16, 2021.  Scheduled to expire May 15, 2022.)

 

 

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS

17.  10:30 a.m.  Discussion on tentative 2022 JLCAR meeting schedule.

Postponed to

12/16/21 Regular Meeting