New Hampshire HB 322: adding rulemaking authority to require completion of a certain survey as part of the license renewal process for health care providers.

Bill Text

CHAPTER 131

HB 322 - FINAL VERSION

05/11/2017 1623s

2017 SESSION

 17-0502

 01/09

HOUSE BILL 322

AN ACT adding rulemaking authority to require completion of a certain survey as part of the license renewal process for health care providers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fothergill, Coos 1; Rep. S. Schmidt, Carr. 6; Rep. Campion, Graf. 12; Rep. J. MacKay, Merr. 14; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill declares that certain licensing boards for health care providers may adopt rules to require completion of a certain survey as part of the license renewal process.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/11/2017 1623s 17-0502

 01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT adding rulemaking authority to require completion of a certain survey as part of the license renewal process for health care providers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 131:1 Department of Health and Human Services; State Office of Rural Health. Amend RSA 126-A:5, XVIII(c) to read as follows:

 (c) The commissioner shall submit an annual report beginning on November 1, 2009 to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, [and] the governor, the oversight committee on health and human services established under RSA 126-A:13, the chairs of the house and senate executive departments and administration committees, the chairs of the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over health and human services, and the commission on primary care workforce issues established under RSA 126-T:1, on the health status of rural residents incorporating current data from the bureau of health statistics and data management and the SORH. 

 131:2 New Paragraph; Department of Health and Human Services; State Office of Rural Health; Survey. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:

 XVIII-a.(a) The state office of rural health (SORH) established in paragraph XVIII may receive and collect data regarding surveys completed by participating licensees pursuant to RSA 317-A:12-a, RSA 318:5-b, RSA 326-B:9-a, RSA 328-D:10-a, RSA 328-F:11-a, RSA 329:9-f, RSA 329-B:10-a, RSA 330-A:10-a, and RSA 330-C:9-a.

 (b) The data collected shall be reviewed, evaluated, and analyzed by the SORH to provide policy decision makers and the commission on primary care workforce issues established under RSA 126-T:1, with critical information to develop and plan for New Hampshire’s primary workforce current and future needs and to identify innovative ways for expanding primary care capacity and resources.

 (c) Any personally identifiable information contained within the surveys collected by the SORH shall remain confidential and are exempt from disclosure pursuant to RSA 91-A. Any request for information maintained by and in the custody of the SORH under this paragraph shall require the redaction of any and all personally identifiable information by the SORH prior to the release of such information; provided, that the SORH shall be authorized to provide required data to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) pursuant to federal regulation and or directives governing receipt of federal resources by the SORH.

 (d) The SORH shall be authorized to provide aggregate data and interval reports and such information shall be made available and published on the department of health and human services’ Internet website. For purposes of quality assurance and validation of data including participation rates for survey completion, the SORH shall be authorized to provide the licensing boards identified in subparagraph (a) as follows:

 (1) A list of National Provider Identification numbers of those licensees who have completed or appropriately opted-out of the survey; and 

 (2) Aggregate data results as it pertains to non-personal information listed on the survey.

 (e) On or before November 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the SORH shall make a written report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the governor, the oversight committee on health and human services established under RSA 126-A:13, the chairs of the house and senate executive departments and administration committees, the chairs of the house and senate policy committee having jurisdiction over health and human services, and the commission on primary care workforce issues established by