Section 151-E:6-a Long-Term Care Rate Advisory Committee.
I. (a) There is hereby established a long-term care rate advisory committee to advise the department of health and human services regarding long-term care payment rates. The committee shall be appointed by the commissioner of the department of health and human services and shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be from the health and human services, and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(2) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(3) Two persons representing county nursing facilities, recommended by the New Hampshire Association of Counties.
(4) Two persons representing private nursing facilities, recommended by the New Hampshire Health Care Association.
(5) Two persons representing home health care providers, including one for-profit provider and one not-for-profit provider, recommended by the Home Health Care Association of New Hampshire.
(6) Two persons representing adult medical day care providers, recommended by the Adult Medical Day Care Providers Association.
(7) One person representing meals on wheels providers, recommended by the New Hampshire Nutrition Providers Association.
(8) One person representing transportation providers, recommended by the New Hampshire Association of Transportation Providers.
(9) One person representing other qualified agencies that provide personal care services, recommended by any such agencies.
(10) One person who is a geriatric psychiatrist.
(11) One person representing residential care providers, recommended by the Association of Residential Care Homes of New Hampshire.
(12) Two consumer representatives.
(13) Two persons representing ServiceLink New Hampshire, one from a rural area and one from an urban area, recommended by the ServiceLink New Hampshire network.
(14) One direct care provider of personal care.
(15) One certified nurse assistant, recommended by the New Hampshire board of nursing.
(16) One registered nurse, recommended by the New Hampshire board of nursing.
(b) The legislative members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
(c) The committee shall review the commissioner's rate setting structure for reimbursement of long-term care providers, required under paragraph II, and submit its report, together with its recommendation for legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the governor and the executive council on or before September 1, 2002 and at least every 2 years thereafter.
II. The long-term care rate advisory committee shall evaluate long-term care provider rate payments and make recommendations to the department. The commissioner shall include the results and outcome of this analysis in the report required in subparagraph I(c). This analysis shall be completed periodically and not less frequently than every 2 years.
Source. 2001, 198:2, eff. July 5, 2001.