RSA 94:3-b. Salary Adjustment for Recruitment or Retention.

I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, upon the request of an appointing authority submitted to the commissioner of administrative services for review and evaluation and upon approval by the joint committee on employee classification, the governor and council is hereby authorized and empowered upon a finding by them that it is in the best interests of the state and is necessary in order to recruit and retain or recruit or retain qualified personnel to increase the salary ranges of unclassified positions. I-a. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, for any expenditure more than $10,000 under this paragraph, upon the request of an appointing authority submitted to the commissioner of administrative services for review and evaluation and upon approval by the joint committee on employee classification, the governor and council is hereby authorized, upon a finding by them that it is in the best interests of the state and is necessary in order to recruit and retain or recruit or retain qualified personnel, to make recruitment or retention bonuses for classified clinical positions at New Hampshire hospital and the Glencliff home. The department of health and human services, in conjunction with the department of administrative services, is authorized to make any expenditure less than or equal to $10,000 under this paragraph. II. The following increased salary amounts have been adopted pursuant to this section: (a) Comptroller, department of administrative services, $99,000-$138,000 (b) Associate medical examiner, department of justice, $160,000-$240,000 (c) Deputy chief medical examiner, department of justice, $200,000-$260,000 (d) Chief medical examiner, department of justice, $210,000-$300,000 (e) Chief operating officer, New Hampshire hospital, department of health and human services, $93,759.12-$124,606.04 (f) Director of nursing, department of corrections, $142,000-$210,740 (g) Deputy director of the division of accounting services, department of administrative services, $87,000-$117,000. (h) State epidemiologist, department of health and human services, $190,958.90-$237,600.00. (i) Chief pharmacy board compliance investigator/inspector, Office of professional licensure and certification, $115,500-$165,000. (j) Pharmacy inspector, office of professional licensure and certification, $104,500-$148,500. Source: Source. 1969, 500:15. 1970, 14:8. 2001, 158:105. 2006, 290:19, eff. June 15, 2006. 2018, 233:3, eff. Aug. 7, 2018. 2020, 37:68, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2021, 202:2, Pt. I, Sec. 3, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2022, 101:3, eff. July 1, 2022; 272:34, eff. July 1, 2022. 2024, 247:3, eff. Sept. 17, 2024. 2025, 20:3, eff. July 13, 2025.