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Bill would ease quorum rules for large DHHS advisory bodies to allow hybrid meetings, sponsor says
Summary
Senators advanced a bill requested by DHHS to allow certain large advisory groups to form a valid quorum with a small number of members physically present and the remainder participating remotely under RSA 91-A requirements, the sponsor and agency officials said.
Senator Sue Prentiss introduced Senate Bill 190 at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services to modify quorum rules for two large DHHS advisory groups: the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) advisory council and the Commission on Interdisciplinary Primary Care Workforce.
Prentiss said both groups are large (the SHIP council has 39 members; the workforce commission 23 members) and have struggled to meet existing in-person quorum requirements. The bill would permit a hybrid model in which a small physical quorum (sponsor discussed one-seventh of…
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