Bill Text - SB292 (2019)

Relative to implementation of the new mental health 10-year plan.


Revision: April 1, 2019, 11:14 a.m.

SB 292-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/14/2019   0837s

2019 SESSION

19-0958

01/03

 

SENATE BILL 292-FN

 

AN ACT relative to implementation of the new mental health 10-year plan.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Altschiller, Rock. 19; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the commissioner to submit a report containing the priorities for implementation of New Hampshire's 10-year mental health plan of 2018 within 6 months of finalization of the plan to the oversight committee on health and human services, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor.  This bill also requires the commissioner to submit an annual report thereafter relative to the status of fully implementing the 10-year mental health plan.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/14/2019   0837s 19-0958

01/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to implementation of the new mental health 10-year plan.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Implementation of New Hampshire's Mental Health Plan.  Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XXXII the following new paragraph:

XXXIII.  When New Hampshire's 10-year mental health plan of 2018 is finalized, the commissioner shall, within 6 months of the finalization of the plan, submit a report containing the priorities for implementation of the plan to the oversight committee on health and human services, established under RSA 126-A:13, the chairpersons of the house and senate policy committees with jurisdiction over health and human services matters, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor.   The commissioner shall thereafter submit an annual report on the status of implementation of the 10-year mental health plan, including but not limited to unmet benchmarks and recommendation for any necessary barrier resolution to the oversight committee on health and human services, established under RSA 126-A:13, and the chairpersons of the house and senate policy committees with jurisdiction over health and human services matters.  The annual report shall include any recommendations by the commissioner for legislation as needed or appropriate in achieving important benchmarks in fully implementing the 10-year mental health plan.

2  Applicability.  Section 1 of this act shall take effect when the new 10-year mental health plan of 2018 is finalized as certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services.

3  Effective Date.

I.  Section 1 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 2 of this act.

II.  The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

LBAO

19-0958

Amended 3/28/19

 

SB 292-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2019-0837s)

 

AN ACT relative to implementation of the new mental health 10-year plan.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

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   Revenue

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Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a plan for implementation of the 10-year Mental Health Plan within six months of its finalization and to submit annual reports on the status of implementation thereafter.  The Department assumes additional staffing resources will be required to oversee implementation and comply with the reporting requirements of the bill; however, it states it is unable to estimate the fiscal impact as the Department has not yet begun to implement the 10-year Mental Health Plan.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services