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Dear Readers;
March marks my one-year anniversary with the Governor’s Commission on Disability. In contemplating what this edition should focus on, and looking back at the last year here, I realized how fortunate I have been to work with a team of individuals who together have over 67 years of experience at the Commission. WOW! One of the most overwhelming and daunting tasks for anyone new to the world of disability is all of the information. The learning curve is lengthy; there is no “user-guide”. Seven years ago, my life took a drastic turn after the birth of my son who was later diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. It was my struggle through that period of time that brought me to where I am today, with a passion for helping others connect with the information they need, and for advocating for you and those around you. I am glad for the opportunities I have had this past year and look forward to a long future with you here at the Commission.
This edition is called “New Hampshire: Famous for its Best Kept Secrets”. I have enjoyed working closely with our team, digging out and bringing to light the wonderful treasures New Hampshire has to offer. I have also included a brief “Legislative Update”. As always, your comments and suggestions are welcomed.
Happy Reading!
Marcy E. Hoik, editor
Getting Involved:
Register Now: Legislative Process Training Coming April 10TH
The Governor’s Commission on Disability, The Statewide Independent Living Council, The State Rehabilitation Council, Services for Blind and Visually Impaired, and Granite State Independent Living will present a Training Workshop on: “THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS” on Monday, April 10, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Legislative Office Building (LOB), Rooms 301-303, in Concord, NH. Please register early. REGISTRATION FEE IS: $10.00 (to cover lunch and all materials). Request a flyer by calling Carol Nadeau at 1-800-852-3405, ext. 6895. Deadline to register is March 27, 2006.
Free One-Day Training – Enrich a Child’s Future
Did you know you could volunteer 20 hours a year and make a difference in the life of a child with an educational disability? Volunteers are urgently needed to represent the needs of children at special education team meetings. Volunteers represent children who are wards of the state and are not responsible for any financial costs or direct care of the child.
“Enrich A Child's Future” volunteers work with a child's school as part of the special education team to represent the child's interests. The Enrich A Child's Future program is committed to ensuring that every child with an educational disability is well represented in the special education process by a caring adult.
A Free Training will be held on: Saturday, April 8, 2006 – Gorham - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. To find out more about the “Enrich a Child's Future” Educational Surrogate Parent Program in NH or attend this free training, please contact Denise Feeney at the Parent Information Center, Tel: 1-800-947-7005.
Fun and Recreation:
VSA ARTS Invites Entries for Playwright Discovery Award
As part of its mission to help create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts, VSA arts (www.vsarts.org/) administers awards and events that recognize the artistic achievements of young artists with disabilities, as well as the leadership of cultural institutions and educators for excellence in inclusive arts programming.
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit an original one-act script that explores any aspect of disability. Entries may be the work of an individual student or collaboration by a group or class of students. Authors must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and must be a middle or high school student (i.e., grades six through twelve). Winning playwrights receive a $1,000 award and a trip to Washington, D.C., to attend the VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award Evening and see a professional
production or staged reading of his/her play at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (Deadline: April 14, 2006.)
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Teacher Award was established to recognize middle and high school teachers who creatively bring disability awareness to their classrooms through the art of playwriting. A panel of theater professionals and educators will select one middle or high school teacher for this award. The selected teacher will receive national recognition, funds to purchase playwriting resources for the classroom, and a trip to Washington, D.C., to be honored at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Teachers must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and must teach students in middle or high school (i.e., grades six through twelve). Teachers may self-nominate themselves for this award, or they may be nominated by a middle or high school colleague. (Deadline: July 1, 2006.) Complete program guidelines and application forms are available at the VSA arts Web site.
Lion Brand Yarn Offers Patterns in Alternative Formats
As of January 2006, all Lion Brand patterns in knit and crochet are offered in three versions. In addition to their standard version that includes images and text, each pattern is now available in two versions designed for members of the Lion Brand community who are visually impaired or blind. Every pattern includes two new links at the top:
• The first link formats the pattern to be read in large-format type or by text-to-speech browsers;
• The second link formats the pattern so it can be read by devices that produce Braille.
The company has also added color descriptions to all their yarns and added special features to patterns and the pattern directories that are not visible to sighted readers but that make it easier to understand the patterns when they are read by text-to-speech browsers. They welcome your suggestions and comments. Please send them to support@lionbrand.com For more information, write: Lion Brand Yarn, 135 Kero Road, Carlstadt, NJ 07072.
Easter Seals New Hampshire’s Camp Sno-Mo
Camp Sno-Mo, supported for the last 30 years by the NH Snowmobile Association at Hidden Valley in Gilmanton, continues to provide a residential summer camping program for more than 200 boys and girls with disabilities, ages 13-21, integrated with able-bodied Boy Scouts from the Daniel Webster Council. Camp Sno-Mo is an inclusive camping program that partners the Boy Scouts with children who have physical and cognitive disabilities. Easter Seals has grown to include: integrated residential summer camps; school vacation camps; and adult vacation programs.
• Activities - This inclusive, residential program offers sailing, canoeing, fishing, volleyball, hiking, a ropes course, and craft activities for campers with disabilities to experience alongside able-bodied boy scouts.
• Accommodations - Sleeping accommodations include accessible, traditional two-camper tents on platforms, as well as the Easter Seals lodge, with its accessible rooms, therapeutic whirlpool, adaptive bathrooms, and kitchen in a home-like setting. The care and welfare of the campers are a priority at Easter Seals Camp Sno-Mo, with a nurse on staff 24-hours a day.
2006 Camp Sessions: Session 1 June 25-June 30; Session 2 July 2-July 7; Session 3 July 9-July 14; Session 4 July 16-July 27 (12 day session); Session 5 July 30-Aug. 4; Session 6 Aug. 6-Aug. 11; Session 7 Aug. 13-Aug. 18
For more information, contact Camp Director at Easter Seals at: Tel: (603) 623-8863 (voice/TTY); 1-800-870-8728 (toll-free)
Accessible Freedom Weavers Studio Open in Concord
VSA arts of New Hampshire recently opened FreedomWeavers Studio at 35 South Main Street, Concord, NH (located at Kallico Pottery Designs Creative Arts Studio.) This creative expression weaving center is for all people, all ages, and all abilities. FreedomWeavers is a program of VSA arts of New Hampshire, a non-profit organization celebrating its 20th year of creating a community where people with disabilities can learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts.
The work of FreedomWeavers Studio is based on the Saori method created in the late 1960s by VSA arts of Japan. Saori weaving has been done in Japan for over 35 years and currently is used as a productive, sociable activity and income source for over 10,000 people with disabilities in that country.
Bobbie Herron, of VSA arts of New Hampshire, is the Saori coach and teacher here in New Hampshire. Classes are affordably priced, and six looms are waiting for enthusiastic explorers. Hours to start will be Thursday evenings from 6-9pm and Saturdays from 2-5pm.
Call in advance to reserve your space, or simply stop by for a visit and learn the story of how this Saori movement began. All are welcome to attend, parents, children, families, seniors, people with and without disabilities, medical and social service providers, and anyone who is looking for a creative outlet where preplanning is not important, you are free to explore color and texture, you can change you mind often, and where individuality is celebrated.
For further information about this or any aspect of VSA arts of NH please call them at Tel: (603) 228-4330 or e-mail at: info@vsaartsnh.org
"Little People, Big World”
“Little People, Big World” is a new series airing Saturdays on TLC at 8:00 pm (check local listings). The series documents an Oregon farm family that “comes in two sizes” as Matt and Amy Roloff, the parents, are dwarfs who have four children – a set of 15-year-old twin sons, one of whom is also a dwarf, as well as a 9-year old boy and a 12-year old girl, both of average size. TLC is billing "Little People, Big World" as the most comprehensive television documentary ever about the lives of little people. Little People of America defines dwarfism as “a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4-foot-10 or shorter. The series should not only help raise a sense of awareness to alleviate the stigma of dwarfism, but help the general public see folks with disabilities as individuals. Tune in and see what you think…
Health Links:
NH Health Access Network
A voluntary effort by health care providers to improve access to health care for low-income children and adults statewide who do not have enough health insurance or enough money to pay for hospital care, doctor visits or other medical care. The Network includes over 200 health care providers throughout the state, including all NH community hospitals and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock system, as well as many community health centers. Staff support for the Network is provided by the Foundation for Healthy Communities. Contact the Social Services Dept. of your local hospital or go to: http://www.healthynh.com/fhc/initiatives/access/NHHAN.php
NH Medication Bridge Program
An initiative to help low-income persons access needed medications from pharmaceutical companies:
http://www.healthynh.com/fhc/initiatives/access/medicationbridge.php
Personal Interest:
Quality Of Life Grants Program
The Christopher Reeve Foundation's Quality of Life Grants Program offers grants to nonprofit organizations working to address the needs of persons with paralysis (particularly spinal-cord injury), their families, and caregivers. The Foundation will accept applications for funding in thirteen categories, including accessibility, arts, advocacy, assistive technology, children, counseling, education, employment, health promotion, independent living, practical service, sports and recreation, and therapeutic riding.
Except for the health promotion category, the primary focus of Quality of Life grants is paralysis caused by spinal-cord injury. To qualify for funding, a nonprofit organization does not have to exclusively serve people with spinal cord injuries; however, at least a portion of the population served must have spinal-cord injuries.
The health promotion category provides funding to non-profit organizations that address paralysis caused by spinal-cord injuries and/or other injuries, diseases, and birth conditions such as stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, etc. Health promotion grants are intended for programmatic activities and not solely for the purchase of equipment for use by individuals. Funding is awarded in amounts of up to $25,000 per grant. Deadline: March 1 and September 1, annually. The online application submission period for the first cycle in 2006 in now open. Visit the web site at: www.christopherreeve.org
Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide
Crime and abuse are critical issues in the lives of people with disabilities. Research shows that individuals with disabilities are at a greater risk for being a victim of a crime than other individuals. To find solutions to these complex issues it is critical to have accurate and comprehensive information available to a variety of professionals and stakeholders. The Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide project is designed to provide a variety of tools and services to help disseminate and share information on ending violence against people with disabilities.
The Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide project is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/, the Association for University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) http://www.aucd.org/, and the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) http://wind.uwyo.edu/wind/default.asp .
The “Guide" provides a comprehensive collection of information and resources focused on ending crimes against people with disabilities. The web site, located at: http://wind.uwyo.edu/resourceguide/, includes an extensive resources database, current news and updates, a searchable calendar of events, information on funding opportunities, and online discussions. To contact the project with questions, please send an e-mail message to: resourceguide@uwyo.edu. To help gather feedback on the quality and usefulness of the Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide project, a survey has been set up along with a feedback form available at: Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide http://wind.uwyo.edu/resourceguide/contact/sitefeedback.asp To make the Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide as effective as possible, your feedback is invaluable and appreciated.
Housing
Accessible Housing Design Resource:
The Center for Universal Design, an initiative of the College of Design at North Carolina State University, provides a wealth of information on all aspects of universal housing design, in a variety of formats. For both the technically minded, and those looking for a basic understanding of the tenets of universal design, the Center offers booklets, DVDs, and streaming video clips covering access ways, parking, door clearances, and many other considerations of design. Contact the Center for Universal Design at: College of Design, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8613, Raleigh, NC. 27695-8613; Tel: toll-free: 800.647.6777; 919.515.3082; fax. 919.515.8951; E-mail: cud@ncsu.edu; Web site: www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/
THE FIXIT PROGRAM
“MR FIXIT” can build modular ramps in 5-8' sections and install on site for consumers who are elderly or disabled. They frequently use inmate labor or volunteers. There are income qualifications but donations are requested to help defray costs. (800) 856-5525, (800) 322-1073 x 6168, dpoisson@bm-cap.org, http://www.bm-cap.org/fixit.htm.
Newsletters for Your Reading Pleasure
Several disability-related agencies and organizations produce a free newsletter online and in a variety of accessible formats. You may want to add your name to some of their mailing or distribution lists so you can keep up to date or get involved in the many activities and events planned throughout the coming year. Below are some of the newsletter titles along with their originating organization, and contact information:
• The Blue Sheet (Governor’s Commission on Disability), Editor: Marcy Hoik, Tel: 1-800-852-3405, ext. 5614; e-mail: marcy.hoik@nh.gov; web site: www.state.nh.us/disability/newsletters.html
• The Granite Slate (Granite State Independent Living (GSIL), Editor: Laurel Colson, Tel: 1-800-826-3700, ext. 137; e-mail: laurel.colson@gsil.org; Web site: www.gsil.org/publications.php
• The BULLETIN, (National Council on Disability (NCD): Editor: Mark S. Quigley; Address: National Council on Disability, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20004; e-mail: mquigley@ncd.gov; Web site: www.ncd.gov; To subscribe to the new NCD listserv, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov, click on Online mailing list archives, select NCD-NEWS-L, click on Join or leave the list, then complete the short subscription form.
• NOD Newsletter, (National Organization on Disability (NOD): Editor: 910 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006; e-mail: ability@nod.org Web site: http://www.nod.org/resources/enewsletter.html
• NH Chapter of National Spinal Cord Injury Association Newsletter - $15 for individuals (Free for those with new injury) Membership and donations are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to NH NSCIA and mail to: NH NSCIA, PO Box 197, N. Salem, NH 03073; Editor: Lisa Monique Thompson, CPA; e-mail: lthompson@nhspinal.org; Web site: http://www.nhspinal.org/events.html
• sRap Sheet Returns - The Disabilities Rights Center has recently launched their newsletter, the RAP Sheet, in collaboration with the Institute on Disability and the Developmental Disabilities Council. In each issue you will find the latest in disability research, advocacy, policy, and practice. To get on the mailing list, contact: Julia Freeman-Woolpert at the Disabilities Rights Center, 18 Low Avenue, Concord, NH 03301-4971; Tel: 603-228-0432 or 1-800-834-1721; TDD: 1-800-834-1721; Fax: (603) 225-2077; e-mail: juliaf@drcnh.org
WHAT IS THE STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL?
The State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) is Vocational Rehabilitation's (VR) central advisory group which is made up of New Hampshire residents who advise VR on its policy and procedures. More than half of the SRC members are persons with disabilities who are appointed by the Governor to advise him and the agency on issues related to the employment of persons with disabilities.
Who may participate in the State Rehabilitation Council?
The Governor may appoint the following people to the Council: you as an individual with a disability or your representative; other rehabilitation service providers; representatives from programs with which VR has cooperative agreements and groups from which VR would like to receive advice; business people. If you or someone you know would like to assist with the work of this Council or to find out more about the Council, contact: Joan Holleran at Tel: 271-3530, e-mail: www.silcnh.org
WHAT IS THE STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL?
The Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) identifies and sets priorities for independent living services in New Hampshire, thus insuring participation by persons with disabilities in the planning process of the State Plan. Members of the SILC are also appointed by the Governor and the majority are individuals with disabilities.
Duties of the SILC include: Critically examining the needs of individuals with disabilities; developing the State Plan for Independent Living with VR; advocating for individuals with disabilities; evaluating independent living programs in the state; and producing educational materials.
SILC is in the process of hiring a new staff person so, in the meantime, to share your thoughts on disability related issues or, for more information, contact: Karen Geary, Governor's Commission on Disability, 57 Regional Drive, Concord, NH 03301; Tel: (603) 271-2773 or 1-800-852-3405 (Voice/TTY); FAX (603) 271-2837. Visit SILC’s web site at: www.silcnh.org
Medicare Update
Are you looking into joining or switching Medicare private health plans? Before getting on the phone with a plan representative, have all the questions you need to ask handy on a single piece of paper by printing out the Medicare Rights Center’s “Questions to Ask when Considering a Medicare Health Plan.”
For more details about what your options are if you have a Medicare private plan, read the Medicare Rights Center’s “What do I need to know about the new drug benefit if I am in a Medicare HMO or other private health plan?” Or visit www.medicarerights.org for more helpful flyers.
Want to know how your hometown options stack up against those in your neighboring county or state? Check out the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plan Tracker to get a status report on your area, including how many plans and what type of benefits are available as well as average monthly payment rates.
UPDATE! Many states have extended their safety-net drug coverage through March for people with Medicare and Medicaid or who have Medicare and state prescription drug assistance. Find out if your state is included by checking “State
Emergency Drug Coverage Plans for People with Medicare,” published by the Medicare Rights Center. Call your State Health Insurance Assistance Program for more information on Medicare benefits, rights and options. Call Social Security (800-772-1213) for questions about enrolling in Medicare.
United Cerebral Palsy Releases National Analysis of Medicaid
United Cerebral Palsy, one of the nation's largest health charities, released a new national analysis of state Medicaid services for people with developmental disabilities and mental retardation on February 28. The report, titled A Case for Inclusion, includes state rankings for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as letter grades in key areas of Medicaid service delivery including Home- and Community-based Services, Small Residential Settings, Reaching Those in Need, Services Self-Directed, and Cost Efficiency. (Full state rankings are available at http://www.ucp.org/medicaid).
While indicating states have varied approaches to Medicaid service delivery, the report clearly reveals that top-performing states emphasize community inclusion for people with developmental disabilities and mental retardation. New Hampshire, the top state in the United Cerebral Palsy report, spends over 98 percent of Medicaid dollars to support people living in their communities through home- and community- based services. On the other hand, Texas, which ranked last, only spends about 31 percent.
Legislative Update:
The Governor’s Commission on Disability’s Ad Hoc committee on Legislative Review has been monitoring this session’s bills pertaining to disability. Below you will find updates on the current list of bills. Please feel free to contact us by phone at (603) 271-2773 or email at Marcy.Hoik@nh.gov if you would like any further information as the 2006 Legislative Session moves forward. For a complete listing of house and senate legislation, go to: www.gencourt.state.nh.us If you would like to receive our weekly legislative update via email, please contact Karen Geary at (603) 271-4174 or email to Karen.Geary@nh.gov.
The Commission is actively monitoring the following pieces of legislation with upcoming hearing dates:
HB1114: relative to regulation by the board of licensure of interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/15/2006 2:00 PM, LOB 102
HB1121: (New Title) establishing a committee to study rulemaking and licensure issues relative to assisted living and residential care. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/21/2006 11:15 AM, LOB 101
HB1185: relative to Volunteer NH. Passes the House, next hearing: 3/23/2006 1:00 PM, LOB 102
HB1201: relative to child passenger restraints. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/23/2006 10:00 AM, LOB 101
HB1204: relative to human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention and control. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/21/2006 10:15 AM, LOB 101
HB1220: establishing a committee to study a statewide review of all unanticipated fatalities and serious injury involving incapacitated adults and individuals 60 or older. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/29/2006 1:00PM, LOB 102
HB1231: (New Title) relative to the penalty for assaulting a firefighter, licensed emergency medical care provider, or law enforcement officer. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/5/2006 10:30 AM, SH 103
HB1332: (New Title) establishing a commission to study health care in New Hampshire correctional facilities. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/28/2006 1:00 PM, SH 103
HB1346: requiring certain persons to keep the contents of prescriptions confidential. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/29/2006 1:45 PM, LOB 102
HB1409: relative to organ and tissue donation. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/28/2006 10:15 AM, LOB 101
HB1427: (New Title) relative to guiding principles for developmentally disabled services. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/4/2006 10:45 AM, LOB 101
HB1435: (New Title) relative to the emergency plan for service animals. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/12/2006 10:45 AM, SH 103
HB1461: establishing a task force to study Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/21/2006 10:40 AM, LOB 101
HB1489: relative to school emergency response plans. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/21/2006 9:00 AM, SH 103
HB1512: (New Title) establishing a committee to study volunteer activity related to transportation. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/23/2006 8:30 AM, LOB 101
HB1539: establishing a committee to study the shortage in speech language services and the criteria for certification as a speech language specialist. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/21/2006 9:15AM, SH 103
HB1563: (New Title) establishing a committee to study immigration. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/28/2006 11:30 AM, LOB 101
HB1570: relative to health insurance coverage for part-time college students. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/21/2006 10:15 AM, LOB 102
HB1578: to provide enhanced awareness of and education on methamphetamine to the citizens of New Hampshire. Passed the House, next hearing: 3/28/2006 9:00 AM, SH 103
HB1709: establishing an autism registry in the department of health and human services. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/11/2006 10:15 AM, LOB 101
HB1720: relative to notice of parent liability in CHINS proceedings. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/4/2006 2:00 PM, SH 103
HB1722: relative to the New Hampshire council on developmental disabilities. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/5/2006 1:45PM, LOB 102
HB1727: (New Title) relative to transfer or discharge of patients or residents in licensed facilities. Passed the House, next hearing: 4/4/2006 10:15 AM, LOB 101
SB233: relative to motorcycle rider education. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/23/2006 10:45 AM, RM 203 LOB
SB234: including the International Residential Code 2000 in the definition of the state building code. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/28/2006 10:00 AM, RM 306 LOB
SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/30/2006 10:45 AM, RM208 LOB
SB252: (New Title) relative to certification of speech-language assistants for purposes of speech language pathology practice. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/16/2006 11:00 AM, RM 306 LOB
SB256: relative to the definition of "harm" for purposes of the crime of improper influence. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/23/2006 10:30 AM, RM 204 LOB
SB289: relative to the brain and spinal cord advisory council. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/15/2006 11:15 AM, RM 205 LOB
SB296: relative to recovery of public assistance. Passed Senate, next hearing: 3/15/2006 9:30 AM, RM 205 LOB
SB300: exempting certain transfers of real estate between charitable organizations from the real estate transfer tax. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/28/2006 10:00 AM, RM202 LOB
SB358: relative to an advanced registered nurse practitioner's duty to warn of violent acts of patients. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/28/2006 1:00 PM, RM 306 LOB
SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/16/2006 10:00AM, RM 206 LOB
SB403: relative to verification of identity when a person registers or attempts to vote. Passed the Senate, next hearing: 3/15/2006 11:50 AM, SH 103
The Following Bills have been killed for this Legislative Session:
CACR38: relating to funding for education. Providing that revenue from lotteries and games of chance may only be used for educational purposes.
HB1101: relative to the definition of “hotel” for purposes of exclusion from meals and rooms tax.
HB1102: allowing municipalities to adopt a property tax credit for homeowners supporting a disabled adult child in their home.
HB1112: relative to the disclosure of appeals process under insurance.
HB1123: requiring equestrian helmets for first-time riders.
HB1136: establishing a commission to study the care of medically fragile students.
HB1145: permitting vehicles to proceed straight through an intersection after stopping for a red light.
HB1158: relative to the eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.
HB1160: establishing a committee to study the effects of willful, habitual misconduct by individuals in their subsequent well-being which may impose a burden on public funds.
HB1178: relative to the definition of an adequate education.
HB1208: establishing a committee to study transferring case management.
HB1244: relative to eligibility to receive monies from the driver training fund.
HB1246: relative to assault on law enforcement, corrections, and probation-parole officers.
HB1263: requiring certain notification before a person with a mental illness may be discharged from a state mental health facility.
HB1270: relative to the use of wireless phones while driving.
HB1276: relative to automobile insurance.
HB1277: providing limited immunity to mental health care providers caring for voluntarily admitted patients.
HB1280: establishing a committee to study all sources of grant funding received by the state.
HB1281: establishing a committee to study the effectiveness of the department of health and human services.
HB1282: establishing a committee to study the reasons why the economically disadvantaged are relocating to rural communities.
HB1291: relative to automobile insurance coverage for drivers in the same household as the policyholder.
HB1308: establishing a committee to study revising the New Hampshire special education statutes.
HB1318: relative to prohibiting services for illegal immigrants.
HB1323: relative to the statement of purpose in the statewide education improvement and assessment program.
HB1359: establishing a committee to study case management responsibility for certain elderly and adult services.
HB1372: establishing a committee to study affordable and accessible health care services for all uninsured citizens of New Hampshire.
HB1378: establishing a committee to study the financial implications on local school districts when special education students attend charter schools.
HB1390: relative to official oppression.
HB1425: establishing a commission to study the efficacy of current laws in reducing exposure of children to lead hazards.
HB1428: relative to the duties of the advisory committee on the education of children/students with disabilities.
HB1432: establishing a commission on special education funding.
HB1472: establishing a home energy assistance program in the department of health and human services and making an appropriation therefore.
HB1488: establishing a committee to study regulation of employers self-insured health group plans.
HB1527: allowing municipalities to establish local community services and care planning boards.
HB1557: establishing guidelines for leaving children alone and establishing babysitter guidelines.
HB1628: relative to expenses of operating bingo games.
HB1632: relative to qualifications for the elderly tax exemption.
HB1642: relative to enhanced penalties and forfeiture for activities in support of illegal immigration.
HB1644: relative to funding the fuel assistance program in the office of energy and planning and requiring a one-time reduction in the rate of the statewide enhanced education tax and making appropriations therefore.
HB1653: relative to handrails on stairways on public buildings.
HB1665: creating an offense for the injury of another resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth.
HB1685: establishing a special needs scholarship program.
HB1693: relative to funding an adequate education.
HB1695: defining an adequate education and relative to calculating the cost of an adequate education and adequate education grants.
HB1702: establishing a New Hampshire health access corporation, continually appropriating a special fund, and allowing the healthy kids corporation to cover adults.
HB1708: relative to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) eligibility for 2-parent families.
HB1712: making an appropriation for design and engineering costs for the expansion of the northern New Hampshire correctional facility and for the design, engineering, and construction of a minimum security building at the northern New Hampshire correctional facility
HB1728: relative to time limits on eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
HB1730: relative to long-term care program management and cost controls
HB1740: making an appropriation to increase the hourly rate of pay for care providers for persons with developmental and acquired disabilities
HB1746: relative to eligibility for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
HB1766: relative to the duties of the state board of education concerning educating pupils on AIDS and venereal diseases.
SB237: relative to excessive overpricing of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency.
SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance.
SB290: relative to wellness programs in public schools
SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams.
SCR7: a resolution urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act.