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NH Rev Stat § 171-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:21 - Discharge by Administrator.

    171-A:21 Discharge by Administrator. –||I. When any person has been involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility pursuant to RSA 171-B or conditionally discharged pursuant to paragraph II of this section, the administrator of the receiving facility most recently providing services to the person may grant an absolute discharge to the person with the consent of the chief administrator of the state developmental services system or designee who has reviewed the person's situation, provided that the chief administrator or designee determines that an absolute discharge shall not create a potentially serious likelihood of danger to others or a potentially serious likelihood of substantial damage to real property. The administrator shall, in writing, immediately notify the court entering the original order of commitment and the attorney general that the person has been given an absolute discharge from the receiving facility. Upon receipt of the notice, the court shall make the notice part of the person's file and shall enter the discharge and date of discharge upon the docket.||II. The administrator of the facility may, with prior approval of the chief administrator of the state developmental services system or designee, grant a person, whose condition is not considered appropriate for absolute discharge, a conditional discharge.|||Source. 1994, 408:8. 1995, 310:131, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:22 - Conditions of Conditional Discharge.

    171-A:22 Conditions of Conditional Discharge. –||I. The administrator of a receiving facility may, with prior approval of the chief administrator of the state developmental services system or designee, grant a conditional discharge to any person who consents, by an informed decision, to participate in continuing services from an area agency, who agrees to be subject to any rules adopted by the chief administrator relative to conditional discharge, and who agrees to comply with the conditions of the discharge. The administrator of the facility or designee shall prepare, deliver a copy of, and read and explain to the person being conditionally discharged a written statement in clear and understandable language of the conditions of conditional discharge and a warning that violation of those conditions may result in revocation of the conditional discharge pursuant to RSA 171-A:23.||II. A conditional discharge shall not exceed the period of time remaining on the order of involuntary admission and shall become absolute at the end of its term, unless extended by the court.|||Source. 1994, 408:8. 1995, 310:132, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:24 - Review by Chief Administrator; Appeal; Rules.

    171-A:24 Review by Chief Administrator;  Appeal;  Rules. –||A person whose conditional discharge is revoked pursuant to RSA 171-A:23 may appeal the decision to the chief administrator of the state developmental services system. The person shall be entitled to a hearing on the appeal, before the chief administrator of the state developmental services system or designee, within 5 days, excluding weekends and holidays, of the receipt of request for the hearing in accordance with rules adopted by the chief administrator pursuant to RSA 541-A. Such rules shall include provision for legal counsel and for waiver of the hearing.|||Source. 1994, 408:8. 1995, 310:133, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:25 - Action for Discharge.

    171-A:25 Action for Discharge. –||Any person subject to an order for involuntary admission pursuant to RSA 171-B:12 may file in probate court a petition setting forth such person's name, the underlying circumstances and date of the prior order of the court ordering such person's involuntary admission, a request for discharge from involuntary admission, and the reasons for such request. The petition shall be accompanied by the certificate of a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist with experience and training in developmental and intellectual disabilities stating that the person is no longer in need of involuntary admission and setting forth the facts upon which such opinion is based. Upon receipt of the petition and the certificate, the court shall conduct a hearing pursuant to RSA 171-B.|||Source. 1994, 408:8. 2008, 52:16, eff. July 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:26 - Habeas Corpus.

    171-A:26 Habeas Corpus. –||RSA 171-A:25 shall not be construed to deprive any person of the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus. If the court issuing the writ of habeas corpus grants relief, the court shall enter an order discharging the person and shall transmit a certified copy of it to the probate court entering the original order of involuntary admission. Upon receipt of the certified copy, the probate court shall enter an order finding that such person has been discharged by order of the court.|||Source. 1994, 408:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:27 - Custody and Transportation.

    171-A:27 Custody and Transportation. –||I. Any law enforcement officer shall take custody of persons who are subject to proceedings for involuntary admission under the following circumstances:||(a) Upon issuance by an administrator or designee of a complaint for delivery for review pursuant to RSA 171-A:23, II;||(b) Upon a determination to revoke a conditional discharge temporarily pursuant to RSA 171-A:23, III; or||(c) As necessary to ensure the presence of the person at hearings or examinations conducted under RSA 171-A or 171-B, to effect a transfer between receiving facilities, or to carry out any other lawful order of a court.||II. A law enforcement officer shall also transport any person taken into custody to the appropriate receiving facility, court, place of examination, or other location.|||Source. 1994, 408:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:28 - Duty to Transport.

    171-A:28 Duty to Transport. –||Upon request, the office of the sheriff of the county in which any person is located who is to be taken into custody in accordance with RSA 171-A:27 shall take such person into custody and transport that person to the appropriate destination.|||Source. 1994, 408:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:29 - Rights Guaranteed.

    171-A:29 Rights Guaranteed. –||All rights guaranteed by RSA 171-A to persons with developmental disabilities shall be retained by persons involuntarily admitted under RSA 171-B except where safety or security mandates restriction of such rights. Any restriction of rights under this section may be appealed to the commissioner pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 171-A:3.|||Source. 1994, 408:8. 1995, 310:172, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:30 - Autism Registry.

    171-A:30 Autism Registry. –||I. There shall be established a state registry in the department which shall include a record of all reported cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that occur in New Hampshire and other information relevant and appropriate to conduct thorough and complete epidemiologic surveys of ASD, to enable analysis of this problem, and to facilitate planning for services to children with ASD and their families. The department may enter into an agreement with an appropriate entity for the management of the registry; provided, that any records and data submitted to the department pursuant to this subdivision shall be the property of the department.||II. Physicians, psychologists, and any other licensed or certified health care provider who is qualified by training to make the diagnosis and who then makes the diagnosis that a child is affected with ASD shall report all new cases of this diagnosis to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The report shall be in writing and shall include the name and address of the person submitting the report and the child's date of birth, gender, and zip code at birth residence, and the specific diagnosis of the child diagnosed as having ASD. The department shall assign a unique identification code to identify the child diagnosed as having ASD. The code shall not include the name or address of the child.||III. All information required to be reported under this subdivision shall be confidential. A physician, psychologist, or health care provider providing information to the department in accordance with this section shall not be deemed to be, or held liable for, divulging confidential information.||IV. Nothing in this section shall be construed to compel a child who has been reported as affected with ASD to submit to medical or health examination or supervision by the department.|||Source. 2006, 106:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:31 - Rulemaking.

    171-A:31 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Procedures for reporting cases of ASD under RSA 171-A:30.||II. Content of all forms required under this subdivision.||III. Confidentiality of records and information reported pursuant to this subdivision.|||Source. 2006, 106:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-A:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-A - Services for the Developmentally Disabled|Section 171-A:34 - Repealed by 2019, 269:2, effective Nov. 30, 2019.

    171-A:34 Repealed by 2019, 269:2, effective Nov. 30, 2019. –|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:1 - Jurisdiction.

    171-B:1 Jurisdiction. –||For proceedings under this chapter, jurisdiction is vested in the probate court in the county where the person sought to be admitted resides or is detained. For a person who is subject to an order for involuntary admission under this chapter, jurisdiction for a hearing held pursuant to this chapter is vested in the probate court for the county wherein the person is receiving services or where the receiving facility that has custody of the person is located, unless the court making the initial involuntary admission order has specifically retained jurisdiction over such person.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 2009, 133:2, eff. June 29, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:2 - Involuntary Admission Standard.

    171-B:2 Involuntary Admission Standard. –||The standard to be used by a court, physician, psychologist or psychiatrist in determining whether a person should be admitted on an involuntary basis shall be whether:||I. The person has been charged with a felony involving serious bodily injury or the use of a deadly weapon, or with aggravated felonious sexual assault (other than pursuant to RSA 632-A:2, I(h)) or felonious sexual assault, or with arson pursuant to RSA 634:1, II or III;||II. A district court, superior court, or grand jury has found that probable cause exists that the person committed a felony as set forth in paragraph I;||III. The person is determined to be not competent to stand trial;||IV. The person has an intellectual disability, as defined in the most current edition of the Diagnostic Manual-Intellectual Disability developed by the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed in association with the American Psychiatric Association; and||V. The person has a condition or behavior as a result of which the person poses a potentially serious likelihood of danger to others or a potentially serious threat of engaging in acts which would constitute arson as evidenced by a specific act or actions which may include such act or actions giving rise to the felony charge according to RSA 171-B:2, I.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 2001, 243:4. 2008, 52:17, eff. July 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:3 - Petition of Responsible Person.

    171-B:3 Petition of Responsible Person. –||Only the attorney general, or designee, or the commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee, may bring a petition for a hearing under RSA 171-B:4.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:4 - Petition.

    171-B:4 Petition. –||The petition for admission on an involuntary basis shall include:||I. The name of the person sought to be admitted and such person's last known address.||II. The specific facts that the petitioner alleges satisfy RSA 171-B:2.||III. A certificate from a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall have experience and training in developmental and intellectual disabilities, who has examined the person and reviewed the condition or behavior of the person sought to be admitted within 10 days of the date the petition is filed and who agrees that, based on this examination, such person satisfies RSA 171-B:2, IV and V.||IV. The names and addresses of witnesses who can testify to the specific acts, conditions, or behaviors of the person sought to be admitted which the petitioner alleges will satisfy the requirements of RSA 171-B:2.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 2008, 52:18, eff. July 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:5 - Hearing Date.

    171-B:5 Hearing Date. –||The probate court judge of original jurisdiction shall, upon receipt of the petition, set a hearing date. The hearing shall be held within 20 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, from the date of receipt of the petition.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:6 - Clerk to Send Copies of Petition.

    171-B:6 Clerk to Send Copies of Petition. –||Subsequent to receipt of the petition for involuntary admission, the clerk shall, within 2 days of receipt of the petition, forward 2 copies to the person sought to be admitted.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 2011, 88:20, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:7 - Examination.

    171-B:7 Examination. –||Upon receipt of the petition, the court shall order a person sought to be admitted to submit to an examination by a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, who shall have experience and training in developmental and intellectual disabilities, who is designated by the court. The expert so designated shall file with the court at least 7 days prior to the day of the hearing, a written report. The report shall include the examiner's opinions as to the following:||I. Whether the person sought to be admitted meets the standard in RSA 171-B:2, IV and V;||II. Whether involuntary admission is necessary; and||III. If paragraphs I and II are met, the facility or program which can best provide the degree of security, services and treatment needed for the person.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 2008, 52:19, eff. July 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:8 - Recommendations; Copy to Person.

    171-B:8 Recommendations;  Copy to Person. –||No later than 5 days prior to the day of the hearing, a copy of the report prepared pursuant to RSA 171-B:7 shall be made available to the petitioner, the person sought to be admitted and to such person's attorney.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:9 - Continuance.

    171-B:9 Continuance. –||Either party may apply to the court for continuance of the hearing on a petition for involuntary admission which the court may grant for good cause shown.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:10 - Conduct of Hearing.

    171-B:10 Conduct of Hearing. –||At the hearing, the person whose mental condition is the subject of the hearing shall have the right to legal counsel, to present evidence on such person's own behalf, and to cross-examine witnesses. Such person shall also have the right to summon as witnesses the expert who filed the report pursuant to RSA 171-B:7 and to cross-examine the expert. The hearing shall be a public hearing. A transcript, which may, at the court's discretion, consist only of an audio recording, shall be made of the entire proceedings.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:11 - Change of Venue.

    171-B:11 Change of Venue. –||In hearings held under this chapter, upon the request of the person sought to be admitted, a change of venue or transfer may be granted at the court's discretion.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:12 - Order of Court.

    171-B:12 Order of Court. –||If, after the hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person meets the standard set forth in RSA 171-B:2, the court shall order the person to submit to:||I. Treatment and services in a receiving facility within the state developmental services delivery system;||II. Treatment and services within the state developmental services delivery system other than in-patient treatment; or||III. Treatment and services in the secure psychiatric unit if the court determines that the programs and placements enumerated in paragraph I or II do not provide sufficient security and protection to the public.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:13 - Duration of Order.

    171-B:13 Duration of Order. –||An order made pursuant to RSA 171-B:12 may be valid for up to 5 years. For the order to be renewed, another hearing shall be held pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 1994, 408:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:14 - Amended Orders.

    171-B:14 Amended Orders. –||The court issuing an order for involuntary admission to the state developmental services system shall retain jurisdiction of the case for the duration of the order. At any time during the period of such order, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee may petition the probate court having jurisdiction for a hearing on whether the order should be amended or the person should be involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or the secure psychiatric unit.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:15 - Transfers.

    171-B:15 Transfers. –||I. A person admitted to any receiving facility pursuant to this section may at any time be transferred by the administrator of the receiving facility to the secure psychiatric unit upon a determination that the person would present a serious likelihood of danger to self or to others if retained in any receiving facility. Any such transfer shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 622:45. No person shall be retained in the secure psychiatric unit longer than the period of involuntary admission ordered by the court under this chapter.||II. A person admitted to any receiving facility pursuant to this chapter may be transferred at any time to another receiving facility designated for that purpose by the commissioner of the department of health and human services when such receiving facility can provide the degree of security, service, and treatment needed by the person in accordance with rules established under RSA 171-A:8-a.||III. In the event a person is transferred pursuant to this section, the commissioner or designee shall provide notice to the attorney general pursuant to RSA 135:17-b.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 1995, 310:182. 2012, 151:3, eff. Aug. 6, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 171-B:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 171-B - Involuntary Admission for Persons Found Not Competent to Stand Trial|Section 171-B:16 - Conditions of Conditional Discharge.

    171-B:16 Conditions of Conditional Discharge. –||No person who is admitted to a receiving facility or to the secure psychiatric unit pursuant to this chapter shall be discharged, either absolutely or conditionally, prior to the expiration of the order of commitment without prior approval of the chief administrator of the state developmental services system when the person is committed to a receiving facility, or the commissioner of the department of corrections, when the person is committed to the secure psychiatric unit. No person who is transferred to the secure psychiatric unit pursuant to RSA 171-B:15 shall be discharged or transferred from the unit prior to the expiration of the order of commitment without prior approval of the commissioner of the department of corrections.|||Source. 1994, 408:9. 1995, 310:140, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 172:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 172 - New Hampshire Substance Use Disorder Services System|Section 172:2 - Repealed by 1969, 501:9, eff. Sept. 1, 1969.

    172:2 Repealed by 1969, 501:9, eff. Sept. 1, 1969. –|