Item 5A

Authorize to amend a sole source agreement with Manatt Phelps and Phillips LLP, New York, NY (originally approved by G&C on 3-26-14, item #27A), to provide additional professional services to assist the Department’s implementation of two critical components of the NH Health Protection Program: (i) the mandatory Health Insurance Premium Program and (ii) the Premium Assistance Program. This amendment also seeks funding to support an amendment to the Department’s Section 1115 Medicaid Transformation waiver now pending at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, by increasing the price by $580,000 from $1,675,000 to $2,255,000. Effective upon G&C approval through the original end date of March 31, 2015. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds.