Section 126-A:15 Duties of Oversight Committee.
I. The committee shall provide legislative oversight of and informational meetings on the programs, policies, and rules of the department of health and human services as brought to its attention by committee members, legislators, department personnel, or others. The committee's work may include, but is not limited to, analyzing the efficacy of selected programs, studying the characteristics of target populations, researching trends affecting program costs and participation, and reviewing alternate approaches to programmatic and administrative concerns. The committee shall monitor the on-going medicaid modernization plan. The committee shall monitor the recommendations of the committee to study the HIV/AIDS service delivery (2005, 47) and determine whether such recommendations have been implemented. The committee shall review the council on the relationship between public health and the environment, established in RSA 125-P:1, every 2 years as provided in RSA 125-P:4. The committee shall provide informational meetings on such topics to the general court. The committee shall maintain communications with the department of health and human services, and any other departments, as necessary to accomplish its work.
I-a. The committee shall also study the following issues:
(a) How to encourage the public to engage in advance care planning and ensure that advance care plans are honored by health providers, emergency medical providers, and other caregivers.
(b) How to increase understanding and access to palliative care services in all areas of the state.
(c) Identifying strategies to increase earlier participation in hospice services and remove barriers for those who desire hospice.
(d) Identifying the gaps in data collection or analysis that would provide an on-going means to assess access to good end-of-life care.
(e) Whether new educational programs are needed to train health professionals and other caregivers in end-of-life care needs.
(f) What are the priorities for improving end-of-life care in New Hampshire.
II. The committee shall meet at the call of the chair but in no case less than every 2 months.
III. The committee shall report no later than the first day of November of the second year of the biennium as to its activities and recommendations to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate.
Source. 1995, 310:1. 1998, 140:2. 2001, 39:1. 2003, 78:2, eff. May 28, 2003. 2005, 175:20, eff. Aug. 29, 2005. 2006, 46:1, eff. June 17, 2006. 2007, 181:4, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.