Bill Text - SB157 (2021)

Relative to funding of children's mental health services and making an appropriation to fund positions in the department of health and human services contracts and procurement unit.


Revision: Feb. 19, 2021, 9:10 a.m.

Health and Human Services

February 18, 2021

2021-0451s

05/04

 

 

Amendment to SB 157-FN-A

 

Amend RSA 126-A:5, XXXIII(a) as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

XXXIII.(a)  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, and the office of the child advocate established in RSA 21-V.  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.