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1 Mental Health Services System. Amend RSA 135-C:2, XV-a to read as follows:
XV-a.
"Transitional housing program services" means a residential program that provides housing and support services to persons with serious and persistent mental illness through a contract with the department of health and human services.
2 New Paragraph; Involuntary Emergency Admission. Amend RSA 135-C:27 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Notwithstanding RSA 135-C:2, X, as used in this subdivision, "mental illness" means a substantial impairment of emotional processes, or of the ability to exercise conscious control of one's actions, or of the ability to perceive reality or to reason, when the impairment is manifested by instances of extremely abnormal behavior or extremely faulty perceptions. It includes impairment primarily caused by substance use disorder, as that term is defined in RSA 135-C:2. It does not include impairment primarily caused by: epilepsy; intellectual disability; continuous or noncontinuous periods of intoxication caused by alcohol; or dependence upon or addiction to alcohol.
3 Nonemergency Involuntary Admission. Amend RSA 135-C:34 to read as follows:
135-C:34 Involuntary Treatment Standard. The standard to be used by a court, physician, or psychiatrist in determining whether a person should be admitted to a receiving facility for treatment on an involuntary basis shall be whether the person is in such mental condition as a result of mental illness as to create a potentially serious likelihood of danger to himself or to others.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
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1 Mental Health Services System. Amend RSA 135-C:2, XV-a to read as follows:
XV-a. " Substance use disorder" means the chronic or habitual consumption or ingestion of controlled substances or intentional inhalation of toxic vapors by a person to the extent that such use substantially injures the person's health or substantially interferes with the person's social or economic functioning; or the person has lost the power of self-control over the use of such controlled substances or toxic vapors.
XV-b. "Transitional housing program services" means a residential program that provides housing and support services to persons with serious and persistent mental illness through a contract with the department of health and human services.
2 New Paragraph; Involuntary Emergency Admission. Amend RSA 135-C:27 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Notwithstanding RSA 135-C:2, X, as used in this subdivision, "mental illness" means a substantial impairment of emotional processes, or of the ability to exercise conscious control of one's actions, or of the ability to perceive reality or to reason, when the impairment is manifested by instances of extremely abnormal behavior or extremely faulty perceptions. It includes impairment primarily caused by substance use disorder, as that term is defined in RSA 135-C:2. It does not include impairment primarily caused by: epilepsy; intellectual disability; continuous or noncontinuous periods of intoxication caused by alcohol; or dependence upon or addiction to alcohol.
3 Nonemergency Involuntary Admission. Amend RSA 135-C:34 to read as follows:
135-C:34 Involuntary Treatment Standard. The standard to be used by a court, physician, or psychiatrist in determining whether a person should be admitted to a receiving facility for treatment on an involuntary basis shall be whether the person is in such mental condition as a result of mental illness as to create a potentially serious likelihood of danger to himself or to others. NotwithstandingRSA 135-C:2, X, as used in this subdivision, "mental illness" means a substantial impairment of emotional processes, or of the ability to exercise conscious control of one's actions, or of the ability to perceive reality or to reason, when the impairment is manifested by instances of extremely abnormal behavior or extremely faulty perceptions. It includes impairment primarily caused by substance use disorder, as that term is defined in RSA 135-C:2. It does not include impairment primarily caused by: epilepsy; intellectual disability; continuous or noncontinuous periods of intoxication caused by alcohol; or dependence upon or addiction to alcohol.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.