Revision: May 24, 2022, 8:15 a.m.
CHAPTER 96
SB 391 - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
22-3022
05/04
SENATE BILL 391
AN ACT relative to the operation of a state forensic psychiatric hospital.
SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall operate and manage the state's forensic psychiatric hospital.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-3022
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the operation of a state forensic psychiatric hospital.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
96:1 New Paragraph; Department of Health and Human Services; Operation of State Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XXXIII the following new paragraph:
XXXIV. The department of health and human services shall operate and manage the state's forensic psychiatric hospital. The department may contract with a private medical organization for the provision of clinical services.
96:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: July 19, 2022