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NH Rev Stat § 135:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:22 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, VI, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:22 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, VI, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:22-a - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, VII, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:22-a Repealed by 1973, 556:6, VII, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:23 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, VIII, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:23 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, VIII, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:24 - Repealed by 1961, 29:1, eff. May 16, 1961.

    135:24 Repealed by 1961, 29:1, eff. May 16, 1961. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:25 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, IX, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:25 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, IX, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:26 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, X, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:26 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, X, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:26-a - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XI, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:26-a Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XI, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:26-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:26-b - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XII, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:26-b Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XII, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:27 - Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:27 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:28 - to 135:30-a Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:28 to 135:30-a Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:31 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XIII, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:31 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XIII, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:32 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XIV, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:32 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, XIV, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:33 - Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:33 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:34 - Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:34 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:35 - Repealed by 1981, 492:32, IV, eff. June 29, 1981.

    135:35 Repealed by 1981, 492:32, IV, eff. June 29, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:36 - to 135:38. Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:36 to 135:38. Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:39, 135:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:39, 135:40 - Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:39, 135:40 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:41 - Repealed by 2004, 257:52, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

    135:41 Repealed by 2004, 257:52, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:42 - Repealed by 2004, 257:52, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

    135:42 Repealed by 2004, 257:52, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:43 - Repealed by 2004, 257:52, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

    135:43 Repealed by 2004, 257:52, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:44 - to 135:48. Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:44 to 135:48. Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-A - Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Section 135-A:2 - Administrator.

    135-A:2 Administrator. –||Pursuant to the compact, the governor is hereby authorized to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to adopt rules relative to the effective administration of the compact. The compact administrator is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions in the proper administration of the compact and in the administration of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state under the compact.|||Source. 1957, 215:1. 1981, 492:13, eff. June 29, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-A - Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Section 135-A:3 - Agreements.

    135-A:3 Agreements. –||The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.|||Source. 1957, 215:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-A - Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Section 135-A:4 - Payments.

    135-A:4 Payments. –||Any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into hereunder shall be a charge upon the appropriation for the respective state institution.|||Source. 1957, 215:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-A - Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Section 135-A:5 - Approval by Court.

    135-A:5 Approval by Court. –||The compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the probate court.|||Source. 1957, 215:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-A - Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Section 135-A:6 - Copies Forwarded.

    135-A:6 Copies Forwarded. –||Duly authorized copies of this act shall, upon its approval be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the secretary of state of the United States, and the council of state governments.|||Source. 1957, 215:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:1 - Purpose and Policy.

    135-C:1 Purpose and Policy. –||I. The purpose of this chapter is to enable the department of health and human services to:||(a) Establish, maintain, and coordinate a comprehensive, effective, and efficient system of services for persons with mental illness.||(b) Reduce the occurrence, severity and duration of mental, emotional, and behavioral disabilities.||(c) Prevent mentally ill persons from harming themselves or others.||II. It is the policy of this state to provide to persons who are severely mentally disabled adequate and humane care which, to the extent possible while meeting the purposes of habilitation and treatment, is:||(a) Within each person's own community.||(b) Least restrictive of the person's freedom of movement and ability to function normally in society while being appropriate to the person's individual capacity.||(c) Directed toward eliminating the need for services and promoting the person's independence.||III. It is the policy of this state that mental illness in and of itself is insufficient to involuntarily admit any person into the mental health services system.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:3 - State Services System Established.

    135-C:3 State Services System Established. –||The department shall establish, maintain, implement, and coordinate a system of mental health services under this chapter and a system of developmental services under RSA 171-A. Both systems shall be supervised by the commissioner. At the discretion of the commissioner, the department may directly operate and administer any program or facility which provides, or which may be established to provide, services to mentally ill or developmentally impaired persons or may enter into a contract with any individual, partnership, association, public or private, for profit or nonprofit, agency or corporation for the operation and administration of any such program or facility.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:175, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:4 - State Facilities Other Than New Hampshire Hospital; Rules.

    135-C:4 State Facilities Other Than New Hampshire Hospital;  Rules. –||I. The commissioner shall have charge of the property and concerns of any facility owned by the state which provides, or which may be established to provide, care and treatment to persons who have mental illness or developmental disabilities, including those subject to the exception set forth in paragraph I-a, with regard to the care and maintenance of the grounds and buildings located at the facility in Concord, known as New Hampshire hospital. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, facilities established at Glencliff known as Glencliff home and Laconia, known as Laconia developmental services.||I-a. The commissioner shall have charge of the interior maintenance and grounds of the acute psychiatric services building, and all transitional buildings including the Howard recreation building, located on the campus of the New Hampshire hospital as described in RSA 4:39-a.||II. The commissioner may enter into contracts relative to services to clients, management, and operation of the facilities as he or she deems appropriate, other than contracts regarding the care and maintenance of the grounds and buildings, or portions thereof, at the facility in Concord known as the New Hampshire hospital which have been assigned to the care of the department of administrative services, and may receive, appropriate, control, convey, hold in trust, or invest any funds or real or personal property given or devised to or owned by any facility in any manner as he or she deems expedient. The commissioner may determine the name of, the services to be provided at, and the clients, whether under RSA 135-C or RSA 171-A, to be served by any facility.||III. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to eligibility criteria and procedures for admission to state facilities.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1988, 107:5. 1995, 310:80, 183. 2005, 291:25. 2007, 263:12. 2014, 327:53, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:5 - Regulation of State Services; Site Visits.

    135-C:5 Regulation of State Services;  Site Visits. –||I. The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the requirements for services within the state mental health services system, which shall include those services operated or administered by the department or supported by funds granted by or provided under contract with the department. Such rules may include, but are not limited to, criteria for:||(a) Fee schedules to determine a client's share of the total cost of his state supported mental health services.||(b) Rights of persons applying for or receiving services.||(c) Quality standards for services and treatment provided and quality assurance procedures.||(d) Fiscal controls and procedures.||(e) Data collection and reporting on services provided.||(f) The management of clinical records including the length of time such records shall be maintained after the termination of services.||II. The commissioner or designees may conduct site visits and may otherwise audit and monitor all aspects of the administration, fiscal operations, and services of the program providing the service to determine compliance with the rules authorized under RSA 135-C:61. Auditing and monitoring may include review of the individual records of persons with severe mental disabilities, persons who receive emergency services, and/or persons whose services are paid for, in whole or in part, by state funds or federal funds in the state mental health services system, notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 329:26, RSA 330-A:32, or any other law.||III. If evidence of misapplication of state funds or fraud is discovered by a person duly designated by the commissioner under RSA 135-C:5, II, the evidence shall be turned over to the attorney general for appropriate administrative, civil, or criminal action.||IV. Any person duly designated by the commissioner under RSA 135-C:5, II, who willfully discloses confidential information concerning a client in the mental health services system obtained as a result of auditing and monitoring activities authorized under this chapter, except as provided in this section, shall be guilty of a violation.||V. No disclosures of confidential information made by a program in connection with auditing and monitoring activities to a person duly designated by the commissioner under RSA 135-C:5, II, shall be grounds for civil or criminal liability on the part of the program.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:175, 183. 1998, 234:2. 2001, 243:2. 2011, 209:2, eff. July 1, 2011; 224:16, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:7 - Community Mental Health Programs.

    135-C:7 Community Mental Health Programs. –||Any city, county, town, or nonprofit corporation may establish and administer a community mental health program for the purpose of providing mental health services to individuals and organizations in the area. Every program shall, at a minimum, provide emergency, medical or psychiatric screening and evaluation, case management, and psychotherapy services. The department may contract with a community mental health program, pursuant to RSA 135-C:3, for the operation and administration of any services which are part of the state mental health services system. In the event that the commissioner decides to enter into a contract for the operation and administration of any services which are part of the state mental health services system, the contract shall contain standards designed to measure the performance of the contractor in achieving positive consumer outcomes, maintaining fiscal integrity, and providing quality services.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:175. 2011, 209:3, eff. July 1, 2011; 224:17, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:8 - Establishment of Programs by Municipality.

    135-C:8 Establishment of Programs by Municipality. –||Any city, county, or town, upon consultation with the commissioner, may establish a community mental health program and staff it with persons specially trained in psychiatry and related fields. Such programs may be administered by a city, county, or town and the municipality may appropriate the funds for the programs.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:9 - Municipal Contributions.

    135-C:9 Municipal Contributions. –||Any city, county, or town may raise and appropriate funds to assist a nonprofit corporation administering a community mental health program; provided that the program has been approved by the commissioner.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:10 - Eligibility of Programs; Monitoring.

    135-C:10 Eligibility of Programs;  Monitoring. –||I. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the criteria and the process of approval by the director of community mental health programs for their eligibility to:||(a) Receive municipal contributions under RSA 135-C:9.||(b) Make involuntary admissions under RSA 135-C:27-33 and RSA 135-C:34-54.||(c) Receive payments for services under RSA 415:18-a.||II. The rules may require community mental health programs to:||(a) Be accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals;||(b) Be making adequate progress as determined by the commissioner toward obtaining accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals; or||(c) Meet standards, developed by the commissioner, which are comparable to those required for accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals for programs choosing not to seek such accreditation.||III. The commissioner or his designee may conduct site visits and may otherwise audit and monitor any approved community mental health program to determine compliance with the standards established under subparagraph II(c).||III-a. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing a reapproval process and shall require mental health programs to be subject to reapproval in accordance with such process every 5 years.||IV. The board of directors of community mental health programs approved by the commissioner and other nonprofit agencies primarily engaged in the provision of mental health services which provide services within the state mental health services system shall be generally representative of the geographic area served by such program and shall include representation of consumers or former consumers of mental health services and their families.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:183. 1997, 190:2. 1998, 168:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1998. 2019, 120:4, eff. Aug. 20, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:11 - Federal Funds.

    135-C:11 Federal Funds. –||The commissioner may accept grants or other allocations of funds from the federal government for mental health services and may allocate, distribute, expend, or enter into contracts for the expenditure of such funds in accordance with the terms of the grants or allocations.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:85, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:12 - Application for Services.

    135-C:12 Application for Services. –||I. Any person seeking services from the state mental health services system may apply to an approved community mental health program or to a receiving facility.||II. Application shall be made by, or with the consent of, the person seeking services. An application for a person 18 years of age or older who has been adjudicated incapacitated in accordance with RSA 464-A shall be made by, or with the consent of, his court appointed guardian. Application for a person under 18 years of age may be made by the person's parent or legal guardian.||III. The program or facility shall determine the eligibility of the applicant, pursuant to RSA 135-C:13, to receive services from the state mental health services system and shall notify the applicant of the eligibility decision within 15 days after receipt of the application.|||Source. 1986, 212:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:14 - Optional Services.

    135-C:14 Optional Services. –||The department may provide services to persons in need of mental health treatment who are not severely mentally disabled and may provide prevention, emergency, information and referral, consultation, education and other services to individuals and organizations without regard to eligibility and shall give special emphasis to children and elderly who need mental health intervention.|||Source. 1986, 212:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-C:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-C - New Hampshire Mental Health Services System|Section 135-C:15 - Placement Criteria.

    135-C:15 Placement Criteria. –||Except for emergency treatment or involuntary admissions ordered under RSA 135-C:27-54, all placements of clients in the programs and services in the mental health system shall be voluntary and shall require the documented consent of the client or guardian. Placements shall be made into those programs and services which least restrict the client's freedom of movement, ability to make decisions, and participation in his community while achieving the purposes of habilitation and treatment.|||Source. 1986, 212:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|