Bill Text: NH SB508 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill 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.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-25 - Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2024-1645h: 05/01/2024 11:00 am Legislative Office Building 202-204 [SB508 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB508-Introduced.html
SB 508-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2914
09/06
SENATE BILL 508-FN
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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
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.
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
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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
