Title I, The State and Its Government

I. The commissioner may solicit information about, seek proposals for, negotiate, enter into, and administer group insurance contracts with duly authorized accident and life insurance carriers as necessary and appropriate to provide to qualifying state employees, at state expense…

The commissioner shall include in the request for proposals for FMLI benefits for state employees a requirement that the winning bidder shall, as a condition of the state contract, also offer the same FMLI coverage to other public employers, private employers with more than 50 em…

Participation in the plan by non-state employers shall be voluntary. In addition, non-state employers may choose to provide FMLI at no cost to their employees or on a contributory or partially contributory basis.

The commissioner may issue a request for information or a request for proposals to secure FMLI coverage for all eligible employees of the state of New Hampshire and to make advantageously priced coverage available to all other private employers with more than 50 employees and pub…

In exercising authority under this subdivision to contract for FMLI coverage for state employees and also for the availability of advantageously priced FMLI coverage for employees of all non-state employers, the commissioner shall have discretionary authority in initiating this p…

There is hereby established the family and medical leave insurance advisory board, which shall be administratively attached to the department, and which shall hereinafter be called the FMLI advisory board. The FMLI advisory board shall consist of 9 members to be appointed, with t…

I. Working in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services as provided in RSA 282-B:6, I, the department shall produce, on an annual basis, a summary report on the granite state paid family leave plan. This report shall be made public and delivered to the governo…

The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as deemed necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

I. The procurement and support services, public works design and construction, and plant and property functions of the department shall be divided across the following divisions: (a) The division of procurement and support services, which shall be under the supervision of an uncl…

I. Expenditures from the fund established by RSA 21-I:11, I(a)(6)(B), shall be restricted to defraying the following costs of the respective programs incurred as a result of transferring donated commodities or surpluses from the consignee point of delivery or point of origin to t…

I. The purpose of this section is to promote procurement practices and procedures which the general court believes will improve the state's procurement process while at the same time establishing a vendor selection procedure which, among other things, is specifically geared towar…

I. (a) No individual or business entity shall be awarded a bid, proposal, or quotation issued by the division of procurement and support services if that individual or entity, or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or principal officers: (1) Has, within the past 2 years, been co…

Each agency for which the department of administrative services is charged with providing building maintenance services shall pay to the department an annual assessment of 75 cents per square foot of such space which the agency occupies. The department of administrative services …

I. An electronic reverse auction may be conducted at the direction of the director of procurement and support services when it is determined by the commissioner of department of administrative services or designee that it is in the best interests of the state. Such reverse auctio…

The state treasurer shall transfer funds from the general fund to the department of administrative services for payment of the administrative and implementation costs associated with this chapter.

The request for proposals for FMLI coverage as described in this subdivision shall be issued no later than March 31, 2022. The FMLI coverage shall be in place for state government employees and available for purchase by other public and private employers with more than 50 employe…

In this subdivision: I. "Agency" means any department, office, commission, board, subdivision, or other unit, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. II. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "DEI" shall mean any program, policy, training, or initiative t…

No public entity shall implement, promote, or otherwise engage in any DEI-related initiatives, programs, training, or policies. No state funds shall be expended for DEI-related activities, including but not limited to implicit bias training, DEI assessments, critical race theory,…

No agencies or political subdivisions shall enter into or renew any contract that includes DEI-related provisions, including requirements for contractors to implement DEI programs, conduct DEI training, or comply with DEI-related reporting obligations.

Each state agency shall, no later than October 1, 2025, submit to the department of administrative services a report identifying all contracts under its control that include DEI-related provisions. The report shall include descriptions of each contract, the specific DEI-related p…

The department of justice shall establish a process by which all political subdivisions review their existing contracts for the presence of DEI-related provisions.

I. The division of procurement and support services shall include the following internal organizational units and functions: (a) A bureau of purchase and property under the supervision of a classified administrator of purchase and property who shall be responsible for the followi…

In addition to the powers, duties and functions otherwise vested by law in the commissioner of the department of administrative services, he shall: I. Represent the public interest in the administration of the functions of the department and be responsible to the governor, the ge…

I. Members of the general court, in the performance of their duties as such, shall not be charged for financial information under the control of the commissioner of administrative services, but requests for such information shall be made to the commissioner on forms supplied by h…

The commissioner of administrative services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the following matters, if such matters require statements of general applicability within the definition of "rule" set forth in RSA 541-A:1, XV: I. A comprehensive and uniform system…

I. Each state department shall identify cost-effective measures to reduce fossil fuel consumption by 25 percent by 2025 in state buildings, on a square foot basis, compared to a 2005 baseline. Implementation of any measures shall be subject to the appropriate budgetary process an…

I. There is established an advisory committee on state procurement. The members of the committee shall be as follows: (a) Four members of the house of representatives, 2 of whom shall be members of the house executive departments and administration committee, one of whom shall be…

I. The director of procurement and support services may purchase materials and supplies in advance of requisition by state departments and institutions, and such purchases shall be a charge against each departmental or institutional appropriation upon requisition and delivery. II…

All furniture bought shall be charged to the proper department, and shall not be a charge upon the appropriation for the care, maintenance, and repair of the state buildings.

I. The director of procurement and support services may purchase supplies or services for the legislative or judicial branches whenever the governing body thereof so desires and the director deems that such purchases can be made advantageously. In addition, the director may inclu…

I. The director of procurement and support services may, upon written application of the governing board of any agency, authorize such governing board, or one or more individuals designated by such board, to purchase supplies for the agency directly from vendors by the use of fie…

I. When evaluating bids for electric power supply and services, the quality of service, the reliability of service, the coordination of services, and other reasonable factors shall be considered in addition to the price of electricity. The bidding process shall be open to bids wh…

Agencies shall make use of contracts which have been entered into by the department of administrative services, division of procurement and support services, for more than one agency when procuring commodities or services that are available to the agency under such contracts, unl…

I. In addition to the division of procurement and support services' authority to allow the use of field purchase orders or procurement cards for the purchase of supplies under RSA 21-I:17-a, the director of procurement and support services may authorize agencies, or their designe…

I. To the extent indicated in this section, the following agencies and purchases are exempted from the provisions of this chapter. All exempt purchases shall be made in accordance with the existing laws governing such purchases: (a) The university system of New Hampshire shall no…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever products or services of persons with disabilities are available, the director of procurement and support services may purchase the same at their fair market value in accordance with the following: I. The directo…

I. It shall be the policy of the state of New Hampshire to prioritize public health and environmental quality, while maximizing economic benefits through the use of economical energy efficiency measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, strategic electrification…

In this subdivision: I. "Cogeneration" means the simultaneous production of electric energy and other forms of useful energy, such as steam or heat, which are used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes from a single fuel input. II. "Date of project implementati…

I. Any state agency or municipality may enter into an energy performance contract for the purpose of undertaking or implementing energy measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, energy efficiency, strategic electrification, fuel-switching, cogeneration, renewab…

At the end of each biennium, 50 percent of the general funds remaining in an agency's energy costs budget shall revert to the state energy investment fund established in RSA 21-I:19-f. All remaining budgeted energy funds shall revert to the general fund.

There is hereby established a state energy investment fund into which shall be deposited moneys received by the state for participating in demand response, utility or public utility commission programs, energy cost savings distribution as defined in RSA 21-I:19-e, or the sale of …

I. The department of administrative services shall determine for each 2-year budget cycle the minimum number of miles required to justify retaining a state-owned vehicle referred to as the break-even mileage. The break-even miles shall take into account operational costs, depreci…

I. Each agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, shall report quarterly to the department of administrative services the total miles and total nonbusiness miles traveled by each state-owned motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, use of vehicles for commuting between an emplo…

I. The department of administrative services shall monitor, analyze, and evaluate the utilization of the state's motor vehicles by agencies and employees; develop methods and procedures to improve the efficiency of the state's motor vehicle fleet; oversee the analysis of data pro…

Any agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, may, with the prior written approval of the department of administrative services, enter into an agreement to rent, lease, or lease-purchase vehicles from any outside vendor, or to rent or lease vehicles from any other state agency or de…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever products or services of veterans with service-connected disabilities or military spouses are available, the director of procurement and support services may purchase the same at their fair market value in accord…