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This bill makes three key changes affecting nursing home residents and the Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility. First, it modifies the personal needs allowance (a small amount of money nursing home residents can keep for personal expenses) by requiring the state to adjust this allowance annually to reflect Social Security increases, instead of the current practice of adjusting every five years. Second, the bill appropriates $160,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, to the Department of Health and Human Services specifically for making leave accrual payments and potential retention bonuses for temporary classified staff during a transition at Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility. Third, the bill establishes a new Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility capital investment fund, which will collect revenue from leasing the facility or other administrative activities, with a cap of $3 million, and requires the department to report to the fiscal committee if revenues exceed that amount. The funds can only be used for capital investments at the facility and cannot be transferred or used for other purposes. The bill has a phased implementation, with the personal needs allowance provision taking effect in January 2026 and the rest of the bill taking effect in July 2025.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

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