Annmarie Timmins - New Hampshire Bulletin
-
The November shooting death of a security guard at New Hampshire Hospital by a former patient who had been committed to a psychiatric facility inspired some of the new legislation.
-
You may be asked to wear a mask the next time you visit a New Hampshire hospital or health care facility.
-
State law currently requires casinos to give 35% of their proceeds to a rotating list of nonprofits. But those casinos are allowed to keep some of that money in the form of rent.
-
In interviews, security officers at several hospitals in the state cited concerns that a firearm in a volatile situation could exacerbate, not mitigate, safety risks to patients, visitors, and staff.
-
Republican lawmakers have rejected efforts to make the program permanent since it was first implemented in 2014.
-
The Sanborns are under state and federal investigation for allegedly obtaining COVID relief money under false pretenses and enriching themselves with expensive race cars and rent payments to themselves.
-
New Hampshire allotted less to one-time expenses than most other jurisdictions included in the report.
-
New Hampshire's Medicaid director said the federal government's count is inflated because they count children differently, going to age 23 versus 18. People over 18 are eligible for adult Medicaid instead.
-
The program at the center of the case is Choices for Independence, which provides nearly 3,800 Granite Staters who don’t want to go into a nursing home the basic care and services that allow them to remain at home or in a small community setting.
-
The three organizations with rejected contracts would have served nearly 5,381 low-income individuals over the next two fiscal years, according to state health officials.