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NH Rev Stat § 21-I:22-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:22-c - State Contracts for Consultants and Consulting Services.

    21-I:22-c State Contracts for Consultants and Consulting Services. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21-I:18, every request for consulting services by the state or by a state agency as defined in RSA 21-I:11, II(b), including those agencies referenced in RSA 21-I:18, which would cost more than $35,000 shall contain the particular requirements of the project contemplated in a statement of work to be accomplished. Each statement of work to be accomplished shall be written using objective project standards and shall not contain criteria that are consultant specific. Every request for consulting services which would cost more than $35,000 shall be written to encourage participation by various suppliers. If there are particular requirements that will receive more weight in the review of the submission, these must be so stated.|||Source. 1996, 118:1, eff. July 14, 1996. 2014, 327:27, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:22-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:22-d - Awards.

    21-I:22-d Awards. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21-I:18, awards which are made by any branch of state government or by a state agency as defined in RSA 21-I:11, II(b), including those agencies referenced in RSA 21-I:18, under this subdivision shall be based on criteria that are published in the request for proposal and are known to all the parties responding. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent the state or a state agency as defined in RSA 21-I:11, II(b), including those agencies referenced in RSA 21-I:18, from making judgments on the capabilities of consultants to complete the work requested if this option is clearly stated in the body of the document and, if used as the reason for the award, is so stated.|||Source. 1996, 118:1, eff. July 14, 1996. 2014, 327:28, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:23 - Repealed by 1995, 297:2, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.

    21-I:23 Repealed by 1995, 297:2, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995. –|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:24 - Authority for Payment.

    21-I:24 Authority for Payment. –||I. The commissioner of administrative services, through the department's division of risk and benefits, is hereby authorized to pay such sum or sums as may be awarded under the provisions of RSA 281-A, and the expense of insurance and third party administrator services providing managed care programs authorized by RSA 281-A:23-a and similar services directly related to the provision and monitoring of workers' compensation benefits payable to state employees.||II. If the injured claimant was employed in a department or agency which has received a legislative appropriation for this purpose, the commissioner of administrative services shall charge said sum or sums to the legislative appropriation. In the event there are not sufficient funds appropriated to the commissioner of administrative services to make payments hereunder, the governor upon request of the commissioner of administrative services is authorized to draw his warrant for such sums from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; provided that payments made to employees paid from the highway fund shall be a charge upon said highway fund, that payments made to employees paid from the fish and game fund shall be a charge upon said fish and game fund, that payments made to employees paid from special funds shall be a charge upon said special funds, and that payments made to employees paid from other funds shall be a charge upon the general fund.||III. If federal regulations prohibit the direct assessment of payments made pursuant to RSA 21-I:24, I from otherwise applicable federal funds, said payments shall be a charge against the general fund in the first instance, but the commissioner of administrative services shall seek recovery of these payments in such amount and under such conditions as the federal regulations applicable to each affected agency may prescribe.||IV. If managed care program expenses, or other expenses directly related to the provision and monitoring of workers' compensation benefits payable to state employees, are procured by the payment of a group insurance premium or third party administrator services, the commissioner of administrative services shall charge state agencies the cost of such general expenses in proportion to the number of agency employees who receive the services in question in the manner provided by RSA 21-I:24, II.|||Source. 1985, 399:1. 1994, 158:18, eff. May 23, 1994. 2017, 193:7, 8, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2019, 346:13, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:25 - Repealed by 1994, 158:24, I, eff. May 23, 1994.

    21-I:25 Repealed by 1994, 158:24, I, eff. May 23, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:25-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:25-a - Procurement of Managed Care and Other Risk-Shifting Services.

    21-I:25-a Procurement of Managed Care and Other Risk-Shifting Services. –||By following the procedures of RSA 21-I:28, the commissioner of administrative services, through the department's division of risk and benefits, and after consultation with the governor and council, may contract for or purchase insurance or third party administrator services providing managed care program services and similar services directly related to the provision and monitoring of workers' compensation benefits payable to state employees.|||Source. 1994, 158:19. 1995, 297:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1995. 2017, 193:9, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2019, 346:14, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:26 - Purpose and Policy.

    21-I:26 Purpose and Policy. –||This subdivision is to provide permanent group life insurance and group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical benefits for New Hampshire state employees and their families, and retired state employees and their spouses. This subdivision may also provide access to such benefits, except permanent group life insurance, for employees of the university system of New Hampshire and the community college system of New Hampshire. In view of the accepted value of group insurance to the well-being and efficiency of employees on the part of small and large private employers and the other 5 New England states in obtaining benefits of this type of insurance for their employees, the state of New Hampshire implements this subdivision in order that the state shall compare favorably to the standards now commonly accepted by private employers and the state employees in the other 5 New England states by making available to state employees and their families and retired state employees and their spouses permanent group life insurance and group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical insurance benefits.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2018, 6:2, eff. May 20, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:26-a - Excise Tax; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

    21-I:26-a Excise Tax;  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. –||The state shall not provide any health insurance plan to state employees subject to the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148, as amended.|||Source. 2015, 276:188, eff. Nov. 15, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:27 - Administration.

    21-I:27 Administration. –||I. Administration of the state employees permanent group life and state employees and retirees group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical insurance benefits shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of administrative services.||II. The commissioner may administer the health benefits of the employees of the State Employees' Association of New Hampshire, Inc., SEIU, Local 1984, and certain retirees of the Association who were in the plan as of July 1, 2013, as set forth in this subdivision until such time as the commissioner concludes that the inclusion of the State Employees' Association employees and certain retirees does not serve the interests of the state employees and the state of New Hampshire. The State Employees' Association shall timely pay to the department of administrative services the cost of the premium for its participating employees and retirees in the plan.|||Source. 1985, 399:1. 2006, 207:1. 2007, 263:125, eff. July 1, 2007. 2014, 318:1, eff. Sept. 30, 2014. 2018, 6:1, eff. May 20, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:28 - Contract.

    21-I:28 Contract. –||The commissioner of administrative services shall be authorized to enter into permanent group life insurance contracts with an insurance company or companies, or other group licensed to do business in the state of New Hampshire. The commissioner of administrative services shall be authorized to enter into group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits contracts with an insurance company or companies, third party administrators, or any organization necessary to administer and provide a health plan under the provisions of this subdivision. The commissioner of administrative services, shall administer contracts entered into to provide the health plan, and the coverage under the health plan, in order to determine which of various contracts would best serve the interests of the state employees and comply with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.|||Source. 1985, 399:1. 2001, 251:1. 2006, 207:2, eff. July 30, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:28-a - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(6), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    21-I:28-a Repealed by 2010, 368:1(6), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:29 - Permanent Group Life Insurance.

    21-I:29 Permanent Group Life Insurance. –||The state shall provide a permanent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment group plan for all permanent state employees. The permanent group life insurance program shall provide for a $1,000 face value death benefit with a paid up value upon retirement or leaving state service. The state shall pay the term portion of the life insurance premium and the state employees shall pay for the permanent portion of the life insurance premium on payroll deduction.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-a - Additional Medical and Surgical Benefits.

    21-I:30-a Additional Medical and Surgical Benefits. –||I. The state shall pay a premium for permanent group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a deceased group I or group II state employee or retirement system member who dies as the natural and proximate result of injuries suffered while in the performance of duty, provided that:||(a) Any such child shall qualify as a dependent under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36 and be under 18 years of age, or if a full-time student, be under 26 years of age.||(b) Any such surviving spouse shall cease to be qualified for medical and surgical benefits under this section upon the remarriage of the surviving spouse.||(c) No surviving spouse or dependent children shall be qualified or continue to be qualified for medical and surgical benefits under this section while receiving medical insurance or health care benefits from any other employer-sponsored plan.||(d) The state shall pay the premium for supplemental medical and surgical benefits under this section for any such child who qualifies as a dependent under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36 and who is eligible for medicare benefits.||II. In the case of the surviving spouse and dependent children of a group I or group II state employee or retirement system member who are eligible for medical and surgical benefits under this section and also under the provisions of RSA 100-A:50-55, the state shall pay the difference between the amount paid under RSA 100-A:52 and the premium paid under paragraph I.||III. The additional benefits provided under this section shall be available to the surviving spouse and dependent children of a full-time employee of the state, an agency of the state, or any political subdivision of the state adopting the provisions of RSA 100-A, including full-time elected or appointed officers.||IV. The additional benefits provided under this section shall not be available to any employee, teacher, police officer, or firefighter of a political subdivision of the state if the political subdivision belongs to an organization or association that offers, through the organization or association or its affiliate, insurance coverage with the exception of insurance coverage required to be offered by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).||V. Funding to pay the premium for benefits under this section shall come from the benefit adjustment account.|||Source. 1995, 279:2. 1998, 233:1, eff. Aug. 23, 1998. 2017, 77:2, eff. June 2, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-b - Restrictions on Self-Insured Plans.

    21-I:30-b Restrictions on Self-Insured Plans. –||The following restrictions apply to self-insured group health plans administered under this subdivision:||I. To the extent that the state assumes the risk with respect to the medical and surgical benefits provided under RSA 21-I:30, the state shall maintain a reserve at least equal to the sum of:||(a) Three percent of estimated annual claims and administrative costs of the health plan; and||(b) The amount determined annually by a qualified actuary to be necessary to fund the unpaid portion of ultimate expected losses, including incurred but not reported claims, and related expenses incurred in the provision of benefits for eligible participants, less any credit, as determined by a qualified actuary, for excess or stop-loss insurance. The reserve amount shall be maintained in the fund established under RSA 21-I:30-c. If the state self-insures for more than one employee group plan, a reserve meeting the requirements of this paragraph must be maintained for each plan.||II. The state may purchase excess or stop-loss insurance for any plan, with attachment levels and limits as recommended by a qualified actuary.||III. For the purposes of this section, "qualified actuary" shall mean an actuary who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries qualified as to health reserving methodologies.||IV. The total amount required to be maintained in reserve pursuant to this section may be met within a reasonable period of time after the establishment of a reserve fund under RSA 21-I:30-c. The commissioner of administrative services shall ensure that during the time the state is working toward meeting the required reserves the state is able to pay the risk assumed in administering a self-insured group health plan.|||Source. 2001, 251:3. 2003, 319:169. 2005, 177:62. 2009, 144:66, eff. July 1, 2009. 2015, 276:164, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-c - Reserve Fund.

    21-I:30-c Reserve Fund. –||In the event that the medical and surgical benefits under RSA 21-I:30 are provided using a self-funded alternative, a reserve fund shall be established to protect the state from unexpected losses and self-insured losses and related expenses incurred in the provision of such a plan. Such reserve fund shall be administered by the commissioner of administrative services and shall be nonlapsing.|||Source. 2001, 251:3, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-d - Repealed by 2006, 207:4, eff. July 30, 2006.

    21-I:30-d Repealed by 2006, 207:4, eff. July 30, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-e - Employee and Retiree Benefit Risk Management Fund.

    21-I:30-e Employee and Retiree Benefit Risk Management Fund. –||I. There is hereby established the employee and retiree benefit risk management fund, which shall be administered by the department of administrative services. The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department of administrative services.||II. All funds accumulated from any source for active state employee health benefits shall be accounted for in the fund established in paragraph I. The fund shall be used to pay for active state employee health care expenses and any administrative costs related thereto pursuant to RSA 21-I:30, RSA 21-I:30-a, and RSA 21-I:30-b and shall not be used for any other purpose.||III. All funds accumulated from any source for state retiree health benefits also shall be accounted for in the fund established in paragraph I. The fund shall be used to pay for state retiree health care expenses and any administrative costs related thereto pursuant to RSA 21-I:30, RSA 21-I:30-a, and RSA 21-I:30-b, and for expenses related to the production of the biennial actuarial valuation report, and shall not be used for any other purpose.||IV. At the end of each fiscal year, the state treasurer shall credit the fund with interest and any other income earned.|||Source. 2007, 263:39, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-f - Administrative Cost of Certain Programs Administered by the Division of Risk and Benefits; Obligation of Employee.

    21-I:30-f Administrative Cost of Certain Programs Administered by the Division of Risk and Benefits;  Obligation of Employee. –||The division of risk and benefits may use moneys in the employee benefit adjustment account, established under RSA 9:17-c, for the purposes of paying the administrative fees for the dependent care assistance program established under RSA 21-I:44-a and the medical and related expenses program established under RSA 21-I:44-b. The division of risk and benefits may also use such moneys in the event money must be paid to the contracting party in advance to cover the employee's medical expenses, when the employee has not contributed all of such costs from payroll deductions, provided that the employee benefit adjustment account shall be repaid when the employee fulfills his or her obligation.|||Source. 2017, 193:10, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2019, 346:15, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:30-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:30-g - Health Risk Appraisal.

    21-I:30-g Health Risk Appraisal. –||All information contained in a state employee's health risk appraisal as referenced in any collective bargaining agreement shall be considered protected health information and entitled to all of the nondisclosure and other restrictions set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as amended, and the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information at 45 C.F.R. part 160 and subparts A and E of part 164 ("Privacy Rule").|||Source. 2017, 156:2, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:31 - Dividends.

    21-I:31 Dividends. –||Any dividends which may be received from this life insurance program and the group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical benefits shall be paid to the state to be used to extend greater coverage by increasing the face value of the life insurance program.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:32 - Eligibility.

    21-I:32 Eligibility. –||I. Only full time state employees shall be authorized to participate, on a voluntary basis, in the permanent group life insurance program. All full time state employees and retired state employees shall be authorized to participate, on a voluntary basis, in the group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical benefits program.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, the university system of New Hampshire and the community college system of New Hampshire may participate in the group health insurance plan, except permanent group life insurance, in accordance with RSA 187-A:43 and RSA 188-F:68.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2018, 6:7, eff. May 20, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:33 - Leave of Absence.

    21-I:33 Leave of Absence. –||Employees who are participating in the permanent group life insurance program, and who go on an approved leave of absence, may have their permanent group life insurance program continued by the payment to the state of the term portion of the life insurance premium during such leave of absence up to a maximum period of one year.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:34 - Age Limit.

    21-I:34 Age Limit. –||There shall be no age limit to participate in either the permanent group life insurance or in the group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits program.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|