Bill Text - SB292 (2019)

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


Revision: Dec. 4, 2019, 8:07 a.m.

CHAPTER 248

SB 292-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

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2019 SESSION

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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 by September 1, 2019 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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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:

 

248:1  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.  On or before September 1, 2019, the commissioner shall submit a report on the New Hampshire 10-year mental health plan of 2018 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 submit a report on or before September 1, 2020 and annually thereafter on the status of the implementation of the 10-year mental health plan including, but not limited to, unmet benchmarks and recommendations for any necessary barrier resolution or necessary adjustments or modifications to the plan to better serve New Hampshire citizens, to the oversight committee on health and human services 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.

248:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

Approved: July 12, 2019

Effective Date: July 12, 2019