Bill Text: NH HB1521 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1521 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1521-Amended.html
HB 1521-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2020 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 1521-FN
AN ACT adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
SPONSORS: Rep. Snow, Hills. 19
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires one of the public members of the board of licensing for alcohol and other drug use professionals to be a certified peer support specialist.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Board of Mental Health Practice; Member Added. Amend RSA 330-A:3, I to read as follows:
I. There shall be a board of mental health practice composed of the following members: one licensed pastoral psychotherapist, one licensed clinical social worker, one licensed marriage and family therapist, one licensed clinical mental health counselor, one member from a community mental health center, one member from a community health center, and 3 public members, one of whom shall be a certified peer support specialist. The members shall be appointed to a term of 3 years by the governor with the approval of the council. The members of the board shall elect a chairperson on an annual basis. No discipline's representative and no individual public member shall serve as chairperson for more than 2 years consecutively.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
20-2492
11/5/19
HB 1521-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
