I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit a list of names of incumbents and identify all current unclassified position titles and associated job responsibilities for positions established pursuant to 1995, 310 to the department of administrative services. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall provide information pursuant to any requests from the department of administrative services to comply with the requirements of this section. The department of administrative services may review and change any existing position title to accurately reflect the current position responsibilities and recommend such change directly to the joint committee established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 14:14-c to update N.H. Rev. Stat. § 94:1-a.
II. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall submit the information to an outside consultant retained for the purpose of assessing the appropriate letter grade of unclassified state officers for those positions where the position title does not accurately reflect the job responsibilities. The consultant shall assess the recommended allocation, recommend an alternate allocation, if necessary, and include the reasoning for such allocation in its report. The commissioner shall submit the consultant’s report to the joint committee established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 14:14-c, for its review and temporary letter grade allocation. The department of health and human services shall make a contribution from an existing appropriation to the salary adjustment fund pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 99:4 to reimburse for the cost associated with the review of each position.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 94:1-f

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

III. Any reclassification of salary shall not apply to any incumbent occupying the position unless the reclassification is to a higher salary grade designation. If such reclassification results in a lower salary grade designation, such designation shall occur when the incumbent vacates the position.
IV. Upon completion of the review process, subsequent vacancies of the positions shall be filled in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 94:6 and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 94:1-a.
V. All titles listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 94:1-a shall be subject to the requirements of this section, with the exception of the following positions: commissioner, deputy commissioner, associate commissioners, and chief executive officer for New Hampshire hospital. The joint committee may decline to review or exclude any other title from review as it deems necessary.
VI. All reviews and recommendations shall be completed no later than 7 years from the effective date of this section. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall issue a progress report every 6 months from the effective date of this section to the fiscal committee of the general court until the process is completed.