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Committee advances non-germane patient Bill of Rights amendment to HB71, flags possible $12–18M federal funding risk
Summary
Division III agreed to seek a non-germane hearing to attach language requiring compliance with the patient Bill of Rights to HHS contracts (as an amendment to HB71) while staff warned a worst-case fiscal note could risk $12–18 million in federal grants; follow-up testimony and scheduling were requested.
Division III took up a revised non-germane amendment to HB71 that would insert the patient Bill of Rights into standard HHS contract terms and conditions and include a sunset clause. Chairman Edwards described the amendment as inserting ‘‘the requirement to also comply with the patient bill of rights’’ into vendor contracts and said the change would carry an effective repeal date to avoid orphaning compliance obligations.
Matthew Hood, government-relations representative for Dartmouth Health, told the committee Dartmouth ‘‘is totally supportive of that addition’’ but said he could not speak to the underlying bill. John Williams, legislative director for the department, said the department likewise is ‘‘fine with…
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