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NH Rev Stat § 135-F:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-F - System of Care for Children's Mental Health|Section 135-F:7 - Joint Responsibilities of the Commissioner of the Department of Education and the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services.

    135-F:7 Joint Responsibilities of the Commissioner of the Department of Education and the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services. –||I. The commissioner of the department of education and the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall enter into an interagency agreement which supports full implementation of a system of care. The agreement shall be completed no later than December 1, 2017, and shall be amended as necessary and renewed no less frequently than every 2 years. The agreement shall provide for:||(a) Coordination of a delivery system of behavioral health services across the life span of children, youth, and adults with behavioral health needs.||(b) Maximum federal reimbursement and revenue.||(c) Coordination of care and funding among agencies.||(d) Assistance to local education and behavioral health providers, including but not limited to:||(1) Development of model agreements to be utilized by school districts, other education providers, area agencies, community mental health centers, and other entities participating in the system of care.||(2) Provision of technical assistance to support development of coordinated services by area agencies, community mental health centers, and other entities participating in the system of care.||(3) Provision of technical assistance to school districts and other education providers to support implementation of MTSS-B.||II. The commissioners may apply for any federal waivers, plan amendments, or other changes or expansion of federal funding mechanisms necessary to implement the provisions of the agreement.|||Source. 2016, 203:2, eff. June 6, 2016. 2020, 38:30, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-F:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-F - System of Care for Children's Mental Health|Section 135-F:8 - Family Support Clearinghouse.

    135-F:8 Family Support Clearinghouse. –||I. The department of health and human services shall establish and maintain an information clearinghouse for families seeking information regarding children's behavioral health services. The clearinghouse functions required by this section may be assigned to an entity that has responsibilities in addition to those required by this section.||II. The information provided shall be available on the department of health and human services website and shall include:||(a) Access to mobile crisis and stabilization services.||(b) Insurance coverage and other reimbursement sources.||(c) The results of assessments of the quality of service providers and whether they utilize evidence-based practices.||(d) Referral information for legal service organizations.||(e) Referral information, including links to websites and contact telephone numbers, for behavioral health service providers, organized by region.||(f) Advice and guidance regarding family navigation of the behavioral health system.|||Source. 2019, 44:4, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:332, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 135-F:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135-F - System of Care for Children's Mental Health|Section 135-F:9 - System of Care Advisory Committee.

    135-F:9 System of Care Advisory Committee. –||The department of education and the department of health and human services shall create a system of care advisory committee to improve the well-being of children and families; promote coordination across state agencies; identify cost-savings, opportunities to increase efficiency, and improvements to the service array and service delivery system and effectiveness; and assist and advise the commissioners of the department of education and the department of health and human services on the system of care principles and values and implementation of RSA 135-F. The committee shall include youth and families with relevant experience and members of the child-serving public and private agencies, including experts in education, community-based and facility-based behavioral health services, and effective administration of private and public educational and health services. The committee shall meet at least 6 times per year and at such other times as the chairperson deems necessary.|||Source. 2019, 44:4, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:332, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:3 - Freedom From Influence; Notice Required.

    137-J:3 Freedom From Influence;  Notice Required. –||I. No health care provider or residential care provider, and no health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan shall charge a person a different rate because of the existence or non-existence of an advance directive, do not resuscitate order, or POLST, or require any person to execute an advance directive or require the issuance of a do not resuscitate order as a condition of admission to a hospital, nursing home, or residential care home, or as a condition of being insured for, or receiving, health or residential care services. Health or residential care services shall not be refused because a person is known to have executed an advance directive or have a do not resuscitate order.||II. The execution of an advance directive or POLST pursuant to this chapter shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired, modified or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from an insured person notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2021, 176:1, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:4 - Severability.

    137-J:4 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:6 - Requirement to Act in Accordance With Principal's Wishes and Best Interests.

    137-J:6 Requirement to Act in Accordance With Principal's Wishes and Best Interests. –||After consultation with the attending practitioner and other health care providers, the agent or surrogate shall make health care decisions in accordance with the agent's or surrogate's knowledge of the principal's wishes and religious or moral beliefs, as stated orally, in writing, including but not limited to in the durable power of attorney for health care and the living will, or otherwise communicated by the principal, or, if the principal's wishes are unknown, in accordance with the agent's or surrogate's assessment of the principal's best interests and in accordance with accepted medical practice.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2009, 54:4. 2014, 239:14, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2020, 39:30, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. 2021, 176:2, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:8 - Restrictions on Who May Act as Agent or Surrogate.

    137-J:8 Restrictions on Who May Act as Agent or Surrogate. –||A person may not exercise the authority of an agent or a surrogate while serving in one of the following capacities:||I. The principal's attending practitioner or a person acting under the direct authority of the attending practitioner.||II. A nonrelative of the principal who is an employee of the principal's health care provider or residential care provider.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2014, 239:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2021, 176:2, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:9 - Confidentiality and Access to Protected Health Information.

    137-J:9 Confidentiality and Access to Protected Health Information. –||I. Health care providers, residential care providers, and persons acting for such providers or under their control, shall be authorized to;||(a) Communicate to an agent or surrogate any medical information about the principal, if the principal lacks the capacity to make health care decisions, necessary for the purpose of assisting the agent or surrogate in making health care decisions on the principal's behalf.||(b) Provide copies of the principal's advance directive as necessary to facilitate treatment of the principal.||II. Subject to any limitations set forth in the durable power of attorney for health care by the principal, an agent or surrogate whose authority is in effect shall be authorized, for the purpose of making health care decisions, to:||(a) Request, review, and receive any information, oral or written, regarding the principal's physical or mental health, including, but not limited to, medical and hospital records.||(b) Execute any releases or other documents which may be required in order to obtain such medical information.||(c) Consent to the disclosure of such medical information to a third party.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2021, 176:2, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:11 - Liability for Health Care Costs.

    137-J:11 Liability for Health Care Costs. –||Liability for the cost of health care provided pursuant to the agent's or surrogate's decision shall be the same as if the health care were provided pursuant to the principal's decision.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2021, 176:2, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:12 - Immunity.

    137-J:12 Immunity. –||I. No person acting as agent pursuant to an advance directive or acting as a surrogate shall be subjected to criminal or civil liability for making a health care decision on behalf of the principal in good faith pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the terms of the advance directive, if any if such person made such decision in a manner consistent with the requirements of this chapter and New Hampshire law.||II. No health care provider or residential care provider, or any other person acting for the provider or under the provider's control, shall be subjected to civil or criminal liability or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for:||(a) Any act or intentional failure to act, if the act or intentional failure to act is done pursuant to the dictates of an advance directive, the directives of the principal's agent or surrogate, and/or the provisions of this chapter, and said act or intentional failure to act is done in good faith and in keeping with reasonable medical standards pursuant to the advance directive or a surrogacy and in accordance with this chapter; or||(b) Failure to follow the directive of an agent or surrogate if the health care provider or residential care provider or other such person believes in good faith and in keeping with reasonable medical standards that such directive exceeds the scope of or conflicts with the authority of the agent or surrogate under this chapter or the contents of the principal's advance directive; provided, that this subparagraph shall not be construed to authorize any violation of RSA 137-J:7.||III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish immunity for the failure to exercise due care in the provision of services or for actions contrary to the requirements of this chapter or other laws of the state of New Hampshire.||IV. For purposes of this section, "good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2014, 239:10, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2021, 176:3, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:13 - Use of Statutory Forms.

    137-J:13 Use of Statutory Forms. –||I. Every person wishing to execute an advance directive shall be provided with a disclosure statement substantially in the form set forth in RSA 137-J:19 prior to execution.||II. An advance directive executed on or after the effective date of this chapter shall be substantially in the form set forth in RSA 137-J:20.||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2013, 224:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. 2021, 176:4, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:14 - Execution and Witnesses.

    137-J:14 Execution and Witnesses. –||I. The advance directive shall be signed by the principal in the presence of either of the following:||(a) Two or more subscribing witnesses, neither of whom shall, at the time of execution, be the agent or surrogate, the principal's spouse or heir at law, or a person entitled to any part of the estate of the principal upon death of the principal under a will, trust, or other testamentary instrument or deed in existence or by operation of law, or attending practitioner, or person acting under the direction or control of the attending practitioner. No more than one such witness may be the principal's health or residential care provider or such provider's employee. The witnesses shall affirm that the principal appeared to be of sound mind and free from duress at the time the advance directive was signed and that the principal affirmed awareness of the nature of the document and signed it freely and voluntarily; or||(b) A notary public or justice of the peace, who shall acknowledge the principal's signature pursuant to the provisions of RSA 456-B.||II. If the principal is physically unable to sign, the advance directive may be signed by another person who signs the principal's name in the principal's physical presence and at the principal's express direction.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2009, 54:4, eff. July 21, 2009. 2020, 39:35, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. 2021, 176:5, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:15 - Revocation.

    137-J:15 Revocation. –||I. An advance directive consistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be revoked:||(a) By written revocation delivered to the agent or surrogate or to a health care provider or residential care provider expressing the principal's intent to revoke, signed and dated by the principal; by oral revocation in the presence of 2 or more witnesses, none of whom shall be a person disqualified from acting as a witness under RSA 137-J:14, I(a); or by any other act evidencing a specific intent to revoke the power, such as by burning, tearing, or obliterating the same or causing the same to be done by some other person at the principal's direction and in the principal's physical presence;||(b) By execution by the principal of a subsequent advance directive; or||(c) By the filing of an action for divorce, legal separation, annulment or protective order, where both the agent and/or the surrogate, and the principal are parties to such action, except when there is an alternate agent designated, in which case the designation of the primary agent shall be revoked and the alternate designation shall become effective. Re-execution or written re-affirmation of the advance directive following a filing of an action for divorce, legal separation, annulment, or protective order shall make effective the original designation of the primary agent under the advance directive.||(d) [Repealed.]||II. A principal's health or residential care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of an advance directive or surrogacy shall immediately record the revocation, and the time and date when the revocation was received, in the principal's medical record and notify the agent, the attending practitioner, and staff responsible for the principal's care of the revocation. An agent who becomes aware of such revocation shall inform the principal's health or residential care provider of such revocation. Revocation shall become effective upon communication to the attending practitioner.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2009, 54:4. 2014, 239:11, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2017, 178:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2020, 39:36, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. 2021, 176:5, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:16 - Documents Executed Prior to Enactment.

    137-J:16 Documents Executed Prior to Enactment. –||Nothing in this chapter limits the enforceability of an advance directive or similar instrument validly executed under prior New Hampshire law.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:17 - Reciprocity.

    137-J:17 Reciprocity. –||A DNR, POLST, durable power of attorney for health care, living will, or similar document executed in another state, and valid according to the laws of the state where it was executed, shall be as effective in this state as it would have been if executed according to the laws of this state, provided that this paragraph shall not be construed to authorize any violation of this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2012, 252:1, eff. June 18, 2012. 2021, 176:6, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:18 - Naming of Multiple Agents.

    137-J:18 Naming of Multiple Agents. –||If the principal lists more than one person as the agent in a durable power of attorney for health care directive, the agents shall have authority in priority of the order in which their names are listed on the document, unless the method of joint agency is expressly included.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:21 - Effect of Appointment of Guardian; Inconsistency.

    137-J:21 Effect of Appointment of Guardian;  Inconsistency. –||I. On motion filed in connection with a petition for appointment of a guardian or on petition of a guardian if one has been appointed, the probate court shall consider whether the authority of an agent designated pursuant to an advance directive should be suspended or revoked. In making its determination, the probate court shall take into consideration the preferences of the principal as expressed in the advance directive. No such consideration shall change the procedures or burden of proof involved in the guardianship process as otherwise provided by law or procedures. In such consideration, the advance directive and agent appointed shall be presumed to be in the best interest of the principal and valid, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.||II. To the extent that a durable power of attorney for health care, or such component of an advance directive as set forth in RSA 137-J:20, conflicts with a terminal care document or living will, or such component of an advance directive as set forth in RSA 137-J:20, the durable power of attorney for health care shall control.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:22 - Civil Action.

    137-J:22 Civil Action. –||I. The principal or any person who is a near relative of the principal, or who is a responsible adult who is directly interested in the principal by personal knowledge and acquaintance, including, but not limited to a guardian, social worker, physician, or member of the clergy, may file an action in the probate court of the county where the principal is located at the time:||(a) Requesting that an advance directive be revoked on the grounds that the principal was not of sound mind or was under duress, fraud, or undue influence when the advance directive was executed, and shall have all the rights and remedies provided by RSA 564-E:116 which shall apply to directives executed under this chapter and persons acting pursuant to this chapter.||(b) Challenging the right of any agent or surrogate who is acting or who proposes to act as such pursuant to this chapter and naming another person, who agrees to so act, to be appointed guardian over the person of the principal for the sole purpose of making health care decisions, as provided for in RSA 464-A.||II. A copy of any such action shall be given in hand to the principal's attending practitioner and, as applicable, to the principal's health care provider or residential care provider. To the extent they are not irreversibly implemented, health care decisions made by a challenged agent or surrogate shall not thereafter be implemented without an order of the probate court or a withdrawal or dismissal of the court action; provided, that this paragraph shall not be construed to authorize any violation of RSA 137-J:7.||III. The probate court in which such a petition is filed shall hold a hearing as expeditiously as possible.|||Source. 2006, 302:2. 2009, 54:4, eff. July 21, 2009. 2017, 178:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2020, 39:39, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. 2021, 176:8, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 137-J:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions|Section 137-J:23 - Penalty.

    137-J:23 Penalty. –||A person who knowingly and falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits, or knowingly and falsely causes to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or procures, aids or counsels the making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, of an advance directive or revocation of same with the intent to injure or defraud a person shall be guilty of a class B felony, notwithstanding any provisions in title LXII.|||Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|