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NH Rev Stat § 170-G:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:1 - Definitions.

    170-G:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:||I. "Agency" means any department, commission, board, institution, bureau, or office of the state, as well as other public and private children and youth service agencies providing services under contract with the department of health and human services.||II. "Advisory board" means the advisory board on children and youth services.||II-a. [Repealed.]||III. "Child" or "youth" means a person under 18 years of age.||IV. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||V. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health and human services.||V-a. "Evidence-based practice" means a practice that has been recognized as supported by research evidence by an evidence-based clearinghouse, such as the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare and the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. Other acceptable evidence-based practices shall include practices and programs evaluated using research which utilizes methods that meet high scientific standards. Acceptable methods shall include:||(a) Systematic, empirical techniques that draw on observation or experiment.||(b) Rigorous data analyses that are adequate to test stated hypotheses and justify general conclusions.||(c) Measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and valid data across evaluators and observers, across multiple measurements and observations, and across studies by the same or different investigators.||(d) Randomized controlled trials when possible and appropriate.||VI. "Juvenile probation and parole officer" means those persons responsible for investigating and supervising juveniles referred to the department pursuant to RSA 169-B and RSA 169-D.||VII. "Placement cost" means the amount appropriated for adoption subsidies, foster homes, foster care, and residential services including group homes.||VIII. "Psychotropic medication" means a drug prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner, to treat illnesses that affect psychological functioning, perception, behavior, or mood.||IX. "Medication restraint" means the involuntary administration of any medication, including a psychotropic medication, for the purpose of immediate control of behavior.|||Source. 1983, 291:1, I; 416:1. 1985, 195:2. 1987, 402:3. 1990, 3:51. 1993, 247:1. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 181:5, 23, I; 310:141, 175. 2000, 294:9, eff. July 1, 2000. 2019, 44:14, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:342, eff. July 1, 2019. 2021, 182:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:2 - Bureaus for Children, Youth, and Families.

    170-G:2 Bureaus for Children, Youth, and Families. –||I. There are hereby established within the department of health and human services the following bureaus:||(a) Bureau of children.||(b) Bureau of community services.||(c) Bureau of administrative services.||II. The commissioner may establish such other bureaus as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties prescribed in this chapter.|||Source. 1983, 291:1; 416:1. 1985, 367:8. 1989, 146:5. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 181:23, II; 310:142, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-a - Appeals.

    170-G:4-a Appeals. –||I. Any service provider may appeal decisions made by the department relative to rates or certifications pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, XVII or XVIII by filing an appeal with the commissioner of health and human services.||II. The appeal shall be in writing, signed by a person duly authorized by the service provider to submit the appeal, and shall state the specific reasons for the appeal.||III. The appeal shall be filed within 14 working days of the date of written notification sent to the applicant, stating the decision of the commissioner regarding rates or certification.||IV. The appeal shall be heard under RSA 541-A:31-36 by the commissioner or his or her designee. No person hearing the appeal shall have had any involvement in establishing the rate or deciding on the certification that is the subject of the appeal, or be affiliated in any way with the appellant.|||Source. 1988, 178:1. 1994, 412:21. 1995, 310:175, 183. 2011, 231:3, eff. June 29, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-b - Evidence-Based Practices.

    170-G:4-b Evidence-Based Practices. –||I. On or before July 1, 2020, at least 10 percent of state funds received by the department for children's behavioral health services, whether or not they are subject to this chapter, shall be expended for evidence-based practices. Beginning July 1, 2022, the percentage of state funds expended for evidence-based practices shall be at least 25 percent; and beginning July 1, 2025, the percentage expended for evidence-based practices shall be at least 50 percent.||II. The department shall submit a biennial report containing:||(a) An assessment of each service provider on which the department expends funds, including but not limited to whether each service provided is an evidence-based practice, and whether the service provider is in compliance with the contract accountability requirements of RSA 170-G:4-d.||(b) The percentage of state funds the department receives for behavioral health services that is being expended on evidence-based practices.||(c) The percentage of federal and other funds the department receives for behavioral health services that is being expended on evidence-based practices.||(d) A description of the efforts the department is making to increase the use of evidence-based practices for children's behavioral health and other services.||III. The department shall submit the report required under paragraph II no later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year to the governor, the administrative justice of the circuit court, and the house and senate finance committees. The report shall also be posted on the department's website.|||Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. July 1, 2020; 346:344, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-c - Establishment of Resource Center for Children's Behavioral Health.

    170-G:4-c Establishment of Resource Center for Children's Behavioral Health. –||The department shall establish and maintain a resource center for children's behavioral health, which shall:||I. Provide technical assistance to the department and to service providers to support the implementation and operation of evidence-based practices, along with the provision of services according to the system of care characteristics described in RSA 135-F:3.||II. Provide training on a statewide basis to persons employed in the children's behavioral health system, relating to:||(a) The use of evidence-based practices.||(b) The analysis of quality assurance protocols to determine whether service providers are utilizing evidence-based practices with fidelity.||III. Act as a clearinghouse for information and statewide resources on evidence-based practices for children receiving services pursuant to RSA 169-B, 169-C, 169-D, and 170-G.||IV. Facilitate collaboration among state and local agencies and service providers to increase access to such providers.||V. Provide support for the assessment of the implementation of evidence-based practices by such state and local agencies.|||Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:344, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-d - Content of Provider Contracts.

    170-G:4-d Content of Provider Contracts. –||I. All contracts between the department and providers of services under this chapter, or any behavior health service to children, shall include provisions addressing outcome measurement, incentives for the use of evidence-based practices, and accountability for high-quality services. Such provisions shall, at minimum, include the following:||(a) Required use of a uniform assessment instrument developed and/or approved by the department pursuant to RSA 170-G:4-e.||(b) In the case of providers of services to children pursuant to the dispositional authority of the circuit court under RSA 169-B and 169-D, outcome measurement which includes recidivism as measured by post-service arrests, violations of parole, conditional release, or other conditional liberty, and behavior meeting the definition of a child in need of service under RSA 169-D:2. Contracts with such providers shall also include incentives for recidivism reduction.||(c) Reporting to the department changes in assessment results following provision of the contracted service for each child served.||I-a. The commissioner shall employ a procurement model for administering the provision of therapeutic-based residential behavioral health treatment services provided pursuant to RSA 170-G and RSA 135-F. All contracts shall incorporate the use of trauma-focused models of care. In cases where the unique needs of a juvenile or the capacity of a contracted provider prevent the use of a contracted provider, the commissioner may approve and shall pay for placement with another certified provider on a temporary basis if the commissioner determines that the placement is necessary to meet the juvenile's immediate treatment needs.||II. The department shall include substantially similar requirements in its standards for provider certification and other processes administered by the department to qualify providers to deliver services pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; 346:344, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2021, 122:53, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-e - Assessment, Treatment, and Discharge Planning.

    170-G:4-e Assessment, Treatment, and Discharge Planning. –||I. In every case in which a placement outside the home is being considered, the department shall require the completion of a written clinical assessment of the behavioral health and other treatment needs of the child.||II. A written treatment plan shall be required upon a child's placement in a residential or other treatment program. The plan shall have definable goals and strategies to achieve those goals and include concrete, outcome-oriented interventions with the objective of restoring, rehabilitating, or maintaining the child's capacity to successfully function in the community and diminish the need for a more intensive level of care.||III. The development of a written discharge plan for each child shall begin upon admission to any treatment program, and shall be available to the parents or guardians of the child no later than 10 days following admission to the program. Treatment and discharge plans shall be updated on an ongoing basis as treatment proceeds and a child's condition changes.||IV. All assessments conducted pursuant to this section shall include the use of a universal, strengths-based assessment tool which is adopted by the department and used throughout the system of care for children's mental health as defined in RSA 135-F.||V. The assessment of the child's behavioral health and other treatment needs shall be repeated upon discharge from any residential treatment program or commitment pursuant to RSA 169-B:19, I(j).||VI. Assessments required by this section may not be conducted by employees of a residential treatment provider or commitment pursuant to RSA 169-B:19, I(j).|||Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:344, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-f - Medical Assistance Screening.

    170-G:4-f Medical Assistance Screening. –||The department of health and human services shall establish a procedure to assess court-involved children for eligibility for private and public medical insurance, including the medical assistance program under RSA 167. This procedure shall apply to any child who is subject to proceedings under RSA 169-B or 169-D, or receives services pursuant to RSA 169-C. Children who may be eligible and their families shall be provided assistance by the department in making application for such assistance. The circuit court shall make any necessary adjustments to its arraignment and other procedures to facilitate such assessments.|||Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:344, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-g - Kinship Navigator Program.

    170-G:4-g Kinship Navigator Program. –||The department shall establish a kinship navigator program to offer information, referral, and follow up services to grandparents and other relatives raising children to link them to available services and benefits. The program also may be used to promote effective partnerships among public and private agencies to ensure that the needs of kinship caregiver families are met and to provide education and outreach to the community regarding kinship caregiver families. Any program established by the department shall meet the federal criteria for kinship navigator programs in 42 U.S.C. section 627.|||Source. 2020, 26:45, eff. Sept. 18, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-h - Establishing the Emergency Services for Children, Youth, and Families Fund.

    170-G:4-h Establishing the Emergency Services for Children, Youth, and Families Fund. –||There is hereby established in the state treasury the emergency services for children, youth, and families fund. The funds shall be used by the department to meet the immediate needs of children and families as required to ensure the department is making reasonable efforts to avoid the removal of children and support reunification. The use of these funds shall be limited to instances when there are no other supports or services available to meet the immediate need in a timely manner. The funds may be comprised of public funds, gifts, grants or donations or any other source of funds. The fund shall be non-lapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the department for purposes funding emergency services administered by the department, or its providers, under RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, RSA 169-D or under this chapter.|||Source. 2021, 91:31, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:4-i (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:4-i - Assessment for the Use of Psychotropic Medications.

[RSA 170-G:4-i effective January 1, 2023.]|    170-G:4-i Assessment for the Use of Psychotropic Medications. –||For children in out-of-home care with the department, prior to seeking a prescription or renewal for psychotropic medication, the department shall ensure the undertaking of, and guidance from, a recent comprehensive medical assessment to rule out an underlying physical cause and a comprehensive psychosocial assessment to address psychosocial issues. The prescribing of any medication shall include consultation with the child's caregiver or legal guardian and the division for children, youth and families (DCYF) district nurse. The use of medication restraint shall be limited as provided in RSA 126-U.|||Source. 2021, 182:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:5 - Rulemaking.

    170-G:5 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1983, 416:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:5-a - County Reimbursement.

    170-G:5-a County Reimbursement. –||County payments due under RSA 169-B:40, 169-C:27 and 169-D:29 shall be paid to the department of health and human services on a monthly basis within 45 days' notice of the amount due to the state. Delinquent payments due under these chapters, with interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum, may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the political subdivision liable therefor or may, at the request of the state agency, be deducted from any other moneys payable to such subdivision by any department or agency of the state.|||Source. 1985, 380:26. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:181. 2001, 93:8, eff. June 21, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:6 - Repealed by 2011, 231:2(4), eff. Dec. 31, 2011.

    170-G:6 Repealed by 2011, 231:2(4), eff. Dec. 31, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:6-a - Advisory Board.

    170-G:6-a Advisory Board. –||I. There is hereby established a board to advise the department of health and human services on services for children, youth, and families. The board shall consist of 12 members and such additional members as may be necessary to comply with federal regulations for the acceptance of federal funds and as may be necessary to make reasonable attempts to achieve representation of each county. Members of the board shall represent:||(a) Community youth service agencies.||(b) The juvenile justice field, law enforcement, probation, police, courts, and attorneys.||(c) Appropriate professional fields such as psychology, social services, education, and health.||(d) Members of the public whose family has been affected by the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families.||(e) Members of the general court.||II. Each member shall serve a term of 3 years; provided that legislative members shall serve a term coterminous with their term in office. A member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed in the same manner as the original appointment. Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall receive mileage payments at the state employee rate within the limits of funds appropriated to the department. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.||III. Members of the board who meet the criteria and qualifications described in paragraph I shall be appointed in the following manner:||(a) The governor shall appoint 4 members.||(b) The senate president shall appoint 4 members.||(c) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint 4 members.||(d) Any additional members shall be recommended by the commissioner and appointed by the governor and council.|||Source. 2015, 154:1, eff. June 12, 2015. 2017, 156:181, 182, eff. July 1, 2017. 2019, 298:1, eff. July 29, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:7 - Board; Operation.

    170-G:7 Board;  Operation. –||The board shall operate as follows:||I. The board shall elect one member to serve as a chairman. The term shall be for one year, and a member may serve up to 3 consecutive terms as chairman.||II. The board shall appoint officers and create subcommittees as the board deems necessary and appropriate.||III. The board shall meet at least quarterly, and may meet upon the call of the chair or a majority of its membership.|||Source. 1983, 416:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:8 - Board; Powers and Duties.

    170-G:8 Board;  Powers and Duties. –||The board shall have the power and duty to:||I. Advise the New Hampshire crime commission in administering the commission's functions under RSA 7-B and federal law.||II. Request assistance of the department as necessary to carry out its duties under state and federal law. The department shall render such assistance when requested by the board.|||Source. 1983, 416:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:8-b - Informational Materials.

    170-G:8-b Informational Materials. –||I. The department shall acquire or prepare informational materials relating to missing children issues and matters. These issues and matters include, but are not limited to, the following:||(a) Offenses under federal law that could relate to missing children and other provisions of federal law that focus on missing children.||(b) Statutory offenses that could relate to missing children, including, but not limited to, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, child stealing, interference with custody, endangering the welfare of a child, domestic violence, abuse of a child, neglect, delinquency of a child, sexual offenses, drug offenses, prostitution offenses, obscenity offenses, and other provision of law that could relate to missing children.||(c) Legislation being considered by the general court, legislatures of other states, the Congress of the United States, and political subdivisions in this and other states to address missing children issues.||(d) Sources of information on missing children issues.||(e) State, local, federal, and private systems for locating and identifying missing children.||(f) Law enforcement agency programs, responsibilities, and investigative techniques in missing children matters.||(g) Efforts on the community level in this and other states, concerning missing children issues and matters, by governmental entities and private organizations.||(h) The identification of private organizations that, among their primary objectives, address missing children issues and matters, and any toll free numbers offered by these organizations.||II. The department shall provide, upon request and subject to paragraph III, a copy of any informational material to another person or entity.||III. The commissioner shall by rule establish a reasonable fee for a copy of any informational material acquired or prepared pursuant to paragraph I, to be provided to a person or entity other than a law enforcement agency in this or other states or of the federal government, a board of education of a school district in this state, a nonpublic school in this state, a governmental entity in this state, or a library in this state. The fee shall be collected by the department prior to sending or giving any informational material to such a person or entity. Fees collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited monthly in the general fund.||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1985, 318:13. 1995, 310:175, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2021, 122:54, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-G:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-G - Services for Children, Youth and Families|Section 170-G:9 - Repealed by 1995, 181:23, IV, eff. July 1, 1995.

    170-G:9 Repealed by 1995, 181:23, IV, eff. July 1, 1995. –|