Revision: March 23, 2011, midnight
SB 51 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
01/04
SENATE BILL 51
AN ACT relative to the establishment of a state leadership team to resolve issues concerning certain adults with developmental disabilities who may present a degree of risk to the community.
SPONSORS: Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to establish a state leadership team to resolve issues concerning certain adults with developmental disabilities who may present a degree of risk to the community.
This bill is a result of the commission established by 2009, 255.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-1064
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to the establishment of a state leadership team to resolve issues concerning certain adults with developmental disabilities who may present a degree of risk to the community.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; State Leadership Team. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:
XIX.(a) The commissioner shall create and administer a state leadership team to resolve issues concerning the most challenging cases of adults with developmental disabilities or acquired brain disorders who present a moderate to high degree of risk to community safety. The leadership team shall include representation from the bureau of developmental services, bureau of behavioral health, and the division for children, youth and families, department of health and human services, the secure psychiatric unit, department of corrections, the department of justice, and the New Hampshire hospital. The leadership team shall work across all services systems to determine and authorize system responsibility for providing and/or funding specific services and supports to effectively meet the needs of the individual while keeping public safety a priority in accordance with the rules of the respective departments.
(b) The commissioner shall submit an annual report beginning on November 1, 2011 to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor relative to the performance of the leadership team.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.