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NH Rev Stat § 126-A:80 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:80 - New Hampshire Pharmaceutical Assistance Pilot Program for Seniors.

    126-A:80 New Hampshire Pharmaceutical Assistance Pilot Program for Seniors. –||I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall establish a prescription drug assistance pilot program for seniors. The purpose of the pilot program shall be to wraparound or supplement the federal prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part D by paying the out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs for eligible individuals who have reached the coverage gap, known as the donut hole, under Medicare Part D. The pilot program shall be the payer of last resort and shall cover all out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for which assistance is not otherwise available in the coverage gap, known as the donut hole. The pilot program shall be available to the first 1,000 individuals age 65 or older who apply for such assistance, who have a gross annual household income of 250 percent or less of the federal poverty level, and who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria established by the department. Assistance shall be available under the pilot program from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021. The commissioner shall make available an online application, a telephone number for applications and questions, and shall provide written applications upon request. Applications shall include information on income, household size, Medicare Part D enrollment and coverage information, the prescription drugs for which assistance is sought, the age of the applicant, and the location of the applicant. On or before February 1, 2020, the commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to pilot program enrollment, administration, and evaluation.||II. On or before March 1, 2021, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit an evaluation report of the pilot program to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, the senate finance committee, the house finance committee, the senate health and human services committee, and the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee. The report shall include information regarding the number of applications, age and location of applicants, prescription drugs for which assistance was provided, costs per eligible applicant, likely costs per non-eligible applicant, and descriptions regarding applicant ineligibility.|||Source. 2019, 346:383, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:81 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:81 - Access to Health Care for Veterans; Navigator Training Program.

[RSA 126-A:81 effective upon receipt of sufficient funding for positions required to carry out the purpose of this section.]|    126-A:81 Access to Health Care for Veterans;  Navigator Training Program. –||I. In this subdivision, "veteran" means veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. section 101(2).||II. The commissioner, in coordination with the adjutant general, shall develop and operate a veteran health navigator training program to increase access to health care coverage and services for veterans. The commissioner shall identify, train, and deploy veteran health navigators who have direct knowledge of the veteran communities they serve. For the purposes of the training program, the commissioner shall use the veterans service officers currently employed by the department of military affairs and veterans services. The veteran health navigators shall help identify all federal and other health benefits, coverage, and services available to veterans and their families. Veteran health navigators shall coordinate with relevant departments, health care providers, and health insurance programs to help veterans and their beneficiaries apply for coverage under such programs, including helping veterans overcome barriers within the health care system to ensure enrollment in health plans and effective delivery and coordination of health services. The activities under this program shall use existing resources and structures where veterans and their families are likely to be found.||III. Using the veteran health navigator training program under paragraph I as a source of information about the needs, coverage, and treatment gaps faced by veterans and their families, the commissioner shall examine all existing programs designed to increase access to affordable quality health care and to evaluate whether the needs of veterans and their families are met by those programs or whether further coordination with the veteran health navigators or other steps would better meet such needs. The commissioner shall execute any necessary steps identified under this paragraph.|||Source. 2020, 34:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:83 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:83 - Opioid Abatement Trust Fund Established.

    126-A:83 Opioid Abatement Trust Fund Established. –||I. There is hereby established in the state treasury the opioid abatement trust fund that shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. All proceeds received by the state from all consumer protection settlements or judgments against opioid manufacturers or distributors shall be deposited in accordance with RSA 7:6-f. Any amount that would have been deposited in the general fund under 7:6-f shall, instead, be placed in the trust fund. All other opioid-related settlement funds or judgments from New Hampshire counties and all political subdivisions shall, likewise, be placed in the trust fund. The state treasurer shall be the trustee of the trust fund, and shall invest the trust fund in accordance with RSA 6:8. Any earnings on trust fund moneys shall be added to the trust fund. All moneys in the trust fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the state treasury. The state treasurer shall disburse funds from the trust fund solely for the purposes and in the manner set forth in RSA 126-A:84.||II. The treasurer shall distribute 15 percent of all funds received prior to any deposit in the consumer escrow account or the opioid abatement trust fund to the counties and the political subdivisions that filed lawsuits, on or before September 1, 2019, against opioid manufacturers, distributors and other persons identified as defendants in the multidistrict opioid litigation pending in the federal district court for the northern district of Ohio. This distribution shall occur on an annual basis. The distribution of funds shall be based on the 2010 census population of each qualifying county and political subdivisions. The population of any political subdivision which receives funds under this section shall not be included in the population of the county for determining the distribution to that county.|||Source. 2020, 39:55, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:84 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:84 - Opioid Abatement Trust Fund; Management and Distribution of Funds.

    126-A:84 Opioid Abatement Trust Fund;  Management and Distribution of Funds. –||I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services, in consultation with the opioid abatement advisory commission established in RSA 126-A:85, shall administer the opioid abatement trust fund established in RSA 126-A:83. The commissioner shall draw from the opioid abatement trust fund for qualifying opioid abatement projects under RSA 126-A:86, I(b).||II. Funds shall be distributed between the state, counties, cities and towns as follows:||(a) Fifteen percent of the funds each year shall be distributed to the counties and political subdivisions as identified in RSA 126-A:83, II.||(b) All remaining funds shall be deposited into the opioid abatement trust fund as established by RSA 126-A:83, I to be distributed by the commissioner of the department of health and human services, with approval of the opioid abatement advisory commission. Funds may be awarded to a qualifying governmental entity or program for an approved use under RSA 126-A:86, I(b).||III. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall continue to make distributions from the trust fund under this section for as long as defendants in the opioid litigation make payments to the state or until such time that the funds in the opioid abatement trust fund are exhausted.||IV. On or before September 1, 2020, each county, city, town or program that receives funds under paragraph II shall annually provide to the department of health and human services and the opioid abatement advisory commission a detailed account of all monies spent on approved uses, including, but limited to, an analysis and evaluation of the projects and programs it has funded.||V. The department of health and human services shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A necessary to implement this subdivision. Such rules shall include funding qualifications, application procedures, time-lines for receiving, reviewing and acting upon application requests, and reporting requirements.||VI. On or before November 1, 2020, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit an annual report to the governor and fiscal committee of the general court detailing the activities of the advisory commission, the administration of the opioid abatement trust fund, the amount distributed in the past year, the amount remaining in the trust fund, a summary of how funds were used in the past year, and any recommendations for future legislation.|||Source. 2020, 39:55, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:90 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:90 - Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program Established.

    126-A:90 Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program Established. –||I. The department shall design, establish, and contract with a third party for the implementation and operation of an electronic system to facilitate the confidential sharing of information relating to the prescribing and dispensing of schedule II-IV controlled substances, by prescribers and dispensers within the state.||I-a. The department may enter into agreements or contracts to facilitate the confidential sharing of information relating to the prescribing and dispensing of schedule II-IV controlled substances, by practitioners within the state and to establish secure connections between the program and a practitioner's electronic health record keeping system. An electronic health record keeping system may allow for the query and retrieval of the provider specified, individual's program information for display and retention in the patient's medical information; provided that nothing in this section shall allow the electronic health record keeping system owner or license holder to perform data queries unrelated to individuals under the practitioner's care. The electronic health record keeping system owner or license holder shall be responsible for ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to program information. The program shall record and retain in its database what information was transferred and the identity of the organization who received the information. The program shall include this information when a patient requests a report pursuant to RSA 126-A:93, I(b)(1).||II. The department may establish fees for the establishment, administration, operations and maintenance of the program. The program may also be supported through grants and gifts. The fee charged to individuals requesting their own prescription information shall not exceed the actual cost of providing that information.||III. Prescription information held by the program relating to any individual shall be deleted 3 years after the initial prescription was dispensed. All de-identified data may be kept for statistical and analytical purposes in perpetuity.||IV. The commissioner shall establish an advisory council, as provided in RSA 126-A:96.|||Source. 2021, 91:45, eff. July 1, 2021; 148:7, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:92 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:92 - Confidentiality.

    126-A:92 Confidentiality. –||I. Information contained in the program, information obtained from it, and information contained in the records of requests for information from the program, is confidential, is not a public record or otherwise subject to disclosure under RSA 91-A, and is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release and shall not be shared with an agency or institution, except as provided in this subdivision. This paragraph shall not prevent a practitioner from using or disclosing program information about a patient to others who are authorized by state or federal law or regulations to receive program information.||II. The department shall establish and maintain procedures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of patients and patient information.||II-a. A practitioner who intends to request and use information from the program about a patient shall post a sign that can be easily viewed by the public that discloses to the public that the practitioner may access and use information contained in the program. In lieu of posting a sign, the practitioner may provide such notice in written material provided to the patient.||III. The department may use and release information and reports from the program for program analysis and evaluation, statistical analysis, public research, public policy, and educational purposes, provided that the data are aggregated or otherwise de-identified at all levels of use. The department shall not acquire, use or release information from the program for these purposes unless all patient-specific protected health information has been de-identified in accordance with section 164.514(b)(2) of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.|||Source. 2021, 91:45, eff. July 1, 2021; 148:8, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:94 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:94 - Unlawful Act and Penalties.

    126-A:94 Unlawful Act and Penalties. –||I. Any dispenser or prescriber who fails to submit the information required in RSA 126-A:91 or knowingly submits incorrect information shall be subject to a warning letter and provided with an opportunity to correct the failure. Any dispenser or prescriber who subsequently fails to correct or fails to resubmit the information may be subject to discipline by the appropriate regulatory board.||II. Any dispenser or prescriber whose failure to report the dispensing of a schedule II-IV controlled substance that conceals a pattern of diversion of controlled substances into illegal use shall be guilty of a violation and subject to the penalties established under RSA 318-B:26 and the department's and appropriate regulatory board's rules as applicable. In addition, such dispenser or prescriber may be subject to appropriate criminal charges if the failure to report is determined to have been done knowingly to conceal criminal activity.||III. Any person who engages in prescribing or dispensing of controlled substances in schedule II-IV without having registered with the program may be subject to discipline by the appropriate regulatory board.||IV. Any person, including department staff, authorized to receive program information who knowingly discloses such information in violation of this subdivision shall be subject to discipline by the appropriate regulatory board and to all other relevant penalties under state and federal law.||V. Any person authorized to receive program information who uses such information for a purpose in violation of this subdivision shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate regulatory board and to all other relevant penalties under state and federal law.||VI. Unauthorized use or disclosure of program information shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the relevant regulatory board.||VII. Any person who knowingly accesses, alters, destroys, or discloses program information except as authorized in this subdivision or attempts to obtain such information by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 2021, 91:45, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:95 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:95 - Rulemaking.

    126-A:95 Rulemaking. –||The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary to implement and maintain the program including:||I. The criteria for registration by dispensers and prescribers.||II. The criteria for a waiver pursuant to RSA 126-A:91, VIII for dispensers with limited electronic access to the program.||III. The criteria for reviewing the prescribing and dispensing information collected by the program.||IV. The criteria for reporting matters to the applicable health care regulatory board for further investigation.||V. The criteria for notifying practitioners of individuals that are engaged in obtaining controlled substances from multiple practitioners or dispensers.||VI. Content and format of all forms required under this subdivision.|||Source. 2021, 91:45, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-A:97 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-A - Department of Health and Human Services|Section 126-A:97 - Competency Requirements.

    126-A:97 Competency Requirements. –||Except for veterinarians who shall complete continuing education requirements in accordance with RSA 332-B:7-a, XV, all prescribers required to register with the program who possess a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license number shall complete 3 contact hours of free appropriate prescriber's regulatory board-approved online continuing education or pass an online examination, in the area of pain management and addiction disorder or a combination, as a condition for initial licensure and license renewal. Verification of successful completion of the examination or of the required continuing education shall be submitted to the prescriber's regulatory board with the licensee's application for initial licensure or renewal. A list of the prescriber's regulatory boards' approved continuing education courses and online examinations in pain management and addiction disorder, shall be available on the department of health and human service's Internet website.|||Source. 2021, 91:45, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-C - Interstate Compact on the Mentally Disordered Offender|Section 126-C:1 - Name.

    126-C:1 Name. –||This chapter may be cited as the interstate compact on the mentally disordered offender.|||Source. 1969, 442:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-C - Interstate Compact on the Mentally Disordered Offender|Section 126-C:3 - Contracts Authorized.

    126-C:3 Contracts Authorized. –||The department of health and human services may negotiate and enter into contracts on behalf of this state pursuant to Article III of the compact and may perform such contracts; provided that no funds, personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies, or materials shall be pledged for, committed or used on account of any such contract, unless legally available therefor.|||Source. 1969, 442:1. 1979, 246:1. 1983, 291:1, I. 1995, 310:77, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-D - Compact, Hard to Place Children|Section 126-D:1 - Legislative Findings and Policy.

    126-D:1 Legislative Findings and Policy. –||The following is hereby found and declared:||I. Locating adoptive families for hard to place children for whom adoption assistance is provided under RSA 170-F, and assuring the continued protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another state.||II. The provision of medical and other necessary services for such children creates special difficulties when the provision of these services takes place in other states.||III. Children living in this state whose resident adoptive parents receive on their behalf adoption assistance from another state should be afforded comparable protection and medical and other services.||IV. It is, therefore, the policy of the state, by entering into compacts with other party states and by working cooperatively with other states, to ensure that medical and other necessary services continue to be available and provided to these children so long as adoption assistance payments are made to their adoptive parents.|||Source. 1985, 367:13, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-D - Compact, Hard to Place Children|Section 126-D:2 - Purposes.

    126-D:2 Purposes. –||The purposes of this chapter are to:||I. Authorize the commissioner, department of health and human services, to enter into interstate agreements with parallel agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided under RSA 170-F.||II. Provide authority for procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments, including medical payments, in such cases where this state is either the adoptive assistance state or the residence state, as defined in RSA 126-D:4.|||Source. 1985, 367:13, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-D - Compact, Hard to Place Children|Section 126-D:3 - Execution of Compact.

    126-D:3 Execution of Compact. –||The commissioner, department of health and human services, or his designee, is hereby authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, enter into and execute one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement the purposes set forth in this chapter. When so executed, and for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall have the force and effect of law.|||Source. 1985, 367:13, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 126-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 126-D - Compact, Hard to Place Children|Section 126-D:4 - Definitions.

    126-D:4 Definitions. –||For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings:||I. "Adoption assistance state" means a state which is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.||II. "Commissioner" means commissioner, department of health and human services.||III. "Residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.||IV. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of the United States or one administered by the United States.|||Source. 1985, 367:13, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|