Bill > SB244

This bill appropriates a total of $59,241,000 from the General Fund over fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to expand access to primary health care services and increase the health care workforce. * **Public-Private Health Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention Hub:** $1,160,000 ($580,000 in FY2026 and $580,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Bi-State Primary Care Association's Recruitment Center to strengthen infrastructure for community-based primary care services. * **Workforce Recruitment, Advertising, and Marketing:** $500,000 ($250,000 in FY2026 and $250,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for a national outreach and marketing campaign to recruit clinicians to New Hampshire. * **Graduate Nursing Mentoring and Precepting Programs:** $600,000 ($300,000 in FY2026 and $300,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for collaboration with an area health education center to expand graduate nursing mentoring and precepting programs. * **New Hampshire Needs Caregivers Program:** $1,250,000 ($500,000 in FY2026 and $750,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for an area health education center to support training of up to 500 individuals as licensed nursing assistants, including scholarships and supportive services. * **Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Programs:** $600,000 ($300,000 in FY2026 and $300,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for sub-recipient contracts to expand student loan repayment opportunities for clinicians with bachelor's degrees working for non-profit health care organizations. * **Rural Family Medicine Residency Training:** $1,000,000 ($500,000 in FY2026 and $500,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for collaboration with a rural teaching health center program to support family medicine resident training. * **Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Credential Training:** $407,000 ($203,500 in FY2026 and $203,500 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Children's Behavioral Health, to support training of up to 60 clinicians per year. * **Primary Care Workforce Program Administrator:** $230,000 ($115,000 in FY2026 and $115,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services for an Administrator I position to manage the Public-Private Health Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention Hub. * **Medicaid Rates Paid to Opioid Treatment Providers:** $4,000,000 ($2,000,000 in FY2026 and $2,000,000 in FY2027) to the Department of Health and Human Services to increase rates paid to providers of opioid treatment programs. The department may accept federal funds without prior approval from the fiscal committee.