2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 126-A - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Section 126-A:5-b - The New Hampshire Health Protection Trust Fund.

[RSA 126-A:5-b repealed by 2014, 3:12, V, effective December 31, 2018.]     126-A:5-b The New Hampshire Health Protection Trust Fund. –
    I. There is hereby established the New Hampshire health protection trust fund which shall be accounted for distinctly and separately from all other funds and shall be non-interest bearing. The trust fund shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of health and human services and shall be used solely to provide coverage for the newly eligible Medicaid population as provided for under RSA 126-A:5, XXIV-XXVI and RSA 126-A:67 in qualified health plans on the federal marketplace and pay for the administrative costs for the program. The commissioner may accept any gifts, grants, donations, or other funding from any source and shall deposit all such revenue received into the fund. No state general fund appropriations shall be deposited into the fund. All moneys in the trust fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner of the department of health and human services for the purposes of the trust fund. The trust fund shall be authorized to pay and/or reimburse:
       (a) The cost of the employee share of premiums, co-insurance, co-payments, deductibles, and supplemental cost-sharing, plus the cost of any wrap-around services that are determined by the department to be cost effective to licensed health insurance carriers and/or private employers for coverage under employer sponsored health insurance as provided in RSA 126-A:5, XXIII.
       (b) The cost of medical services, including without limitation, premiums and wrap-around benefits for those newly eligible adults who obtain health coverage through the voluntary bridge to marketplace premium assistance program as provided in RSA 126-A:5, XXIV.
       (c) The cost of premiums, co-insurance, co-payments, deductibles, and supplemental cost-sharing plus the cost of any wrap-around services to licensed health insurance carriers on the federally facilitated exchange under the marketplace premium assistance program as provided in RSA 126-A:5, XXV.
       (d) Any other costs that are fully reimbursable by the federal government pertaining to the health insurance premium payment (HIPP) program, the voluntary bridge to marketplace premium assistance program, and the marketplace premium assistance program for the newly eligible as established under 126-A:5, XXIII-XXVI and RSA 126-A:67.
    II. The commissioner of health and human services, as the administrator of the trust fund, shall have the sole authority to:
       (a) Apply for federal funds to support the programs established under RSA 126-A:5, XXIII-XXV and RSA 126-A:67.
       (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, accept and expend federal funds as may be available for HIPP, the voluntary bridge to marketplace premium assistance program, and the premium assistance program. The commissioner shall notify the bureau of accounting services, by letter, with a copy to the fiscal committee of the general court and the legislative budget assistant.
       (c) Make payments and reimbursements from the trust fund as outlined in this section.
    III. The commissioner shall submit a report to the governor and the fiscal committee of the general court detailing the activities and operation of the trust fund annually within 90 days of the close of each state fiscal year.

Source. 2014, 3:3, eff. Mar. 27, 2014. 2016, 13:5, eff. Apr. 5, 2016.