Bill Text - SB508 (2024)

(New Title) relative to the duties of the superintendent of the county department of corrections concerning mental health and substance use disorder screening of inmates and coordination for services upon reentry into the community and relative to enforcement of New Hampshire anti-discrimination laws as they relate to Jewish people.


Revision: Dec. 13, 2023, 11:21 a.m.

SB 508-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2914

09/06

 

SENATE BILL 508-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the duties of the superintendent of the county department of corrections concerning mental health and substance use disorder screening of inmates and coordination for services upon reentry into the community.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the superintendent of the county department of corrections to require his or her contracted behavioral health treatment providers to use validated screening tools for mental health and substance use disorder and to, where such providers exist, permit licensed community-based treatment providers who meet the security criteria for access to the facility to have contact with people in custody for the purpose of coordinating services upon reentry into the community.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2914

09/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the duties of the superintendent of the county department of corrections concerning mental health and substance use disorder screening of inmates and coordination for services upon reentry into the community.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraphs; County Departments of Corrections; Administration of Department of Corrections; Superintendent; General Duties and Powers.  Amend RSA 30-B:4 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraphs:

VII. The superintendent of the county department of corrections shall require his or her contracted behavioral health treatment providers to use validated screening tools for mental health and substance use disorder.

VIII. The superintendent of the county department of corrections shall, where such providers exist, permit licensed community-based treatment providers who meet the security criteria for access to the facility to have contact with people in custody for the purpose of coordinating services upon reentry into the community.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.

 

LBA

24-2914

12/1/23

 

SB 508-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to the duties of the superintendent of the county department of corrections.

 

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

 

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

County Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

County Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Local Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Local Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the superintendent of the county department of corrections to require his or her contracted behavioral health treatment providers to use validated screening tools for mental health and substance use disorder and to, where such providers exist, permit licensed community based treatment providers who meet the security criteria for access to the facility to have contact with people in custody for the purpose of coordinating services upon reentry into the community.

 

The New Hampshire Association of Counties states they are unable to predict the fiscal impact due to uncertainties about provider participation, potential cost hikes, and unclear funding for service coordination, leading to unknown increases in county expenses from FY 2025 onward.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

New Hampshire Association of Counties