Section 126-H:6-a Healthy Kids Subcommittee Established. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. The department of health and human services shall work with a subcommittee that is comprised of appropriate members of the board and that includes other members as follows:
      (a) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Medical Society.
      (b) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Nurses Association.
      (c) One member appointed by the Home Care Association of New Hampshire.
      (d) One member from a community health center appointed by the Bi-State Primary Care Association.
      (e) One member appointed by the New Hampshire HMO Association.
      (f) One member appointed by the University of New Hampshire School of Health and Human Services.
      (g) Two consumers appointed by the governor and council.
   II. The members appointed pursuant to subparagraph I(g) shall be appointed to a 2-year term.
   III. The subcommittee shall:
      (a) Review information on the characteristics of New Hampshire's uninsured population, based on the results of the New Hampshire Health Insurance Coverage and Access Survey.
      (b) Identify, based on the Health Insurance Coverage and Access Survey, the population groups and geographic areas that are most appropriately targeted.
      (c) Examine models for affordable health coverage, including models from other states.
      (d) Identify options that would be most effective.
      (e) Develop cost projections for those options.
      (f) Research the level of premium contributions that eligible individuals would be willing to pay.
      (g) Identify potential sources of funding.
   IV. The subcommittee shall elect annually from among the members a chairperson. The first meeting of the subcommittee shall be called by the commissioner of health and human services. The department of health and human services shall provide administrative staff support. The department of health and human services and the corporation shall jointly seek funding to support the subcommittee's work.
   V. The subcommittee shall make an annual report relative to its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library beginning November 1, 2002.

Source. 2001, 295:16, eff. July 17, 2001.