Bill Text - HB1413 (2024)

Relative to mental health supervision agreements.


Revision: March 28, 2024, 3:36 p.m.

HB 1413 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

28Mar2024... 1076h

2024 SESSION

24-2693

09/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1413

 

AN ACT relative to mental health supervision agreements.  

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gregg, Hills. 7; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. Nutter-Upham, Hills. 8; Rep. Devine, Hills. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill revises the requirements for the written agreement that must be on record with the board of mental health practice concerning a supervisor's responsibilities with respect to a candidate for mental health licensure.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 1076h 24-2693

09/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to mental health supervision agreements.  

 

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

 

1  Mental Health Practice; Candidates for Mental Health Licensure.  Amend RSA 330-A:22, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) The supervisor shall assume professional, ethical, and legal responsibility for mental health services provided by the candidate in a written agreement on record with the board. [The supervisor must assume both professional and legal responsibility in the agreement.]

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.