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: Nov. 28, 2023, 12:41 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2914.1

09/06

 

SENATE BILL [bill number]

 

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: [sponsors]

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2914.1

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.