Bill Text: NH SB281 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to mental health services for schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-18 - To Be Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, Adjournment 09/25/2019; [SB281 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB281-Amended.html
SB 281-FN-A-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/14/2019 1028s
2019 SESSION
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06/01
SENATE BILL 281-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to mental health services for schools and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. O'Connor, Rock. 6; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the department of health and human services to undertake a demonstration project to provide school crisis response and prevention services to school districts in Rockingham county, and makes an appropriation for the project.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to mental health services for schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Health and Human Services; School Mental Health Services. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall undertake a 2-year demonstration project to provide school crisis response and prevention services to school districts in Rockingham County. The commissioner shall contract with the Center of Life Management in Rockingham County for these services within the area served by the Center. Following the first year of the program, the commissioner shall report to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives on the implementation of the program and how the program may be expanded to other areas of the state.
2 Appropriation; Department of Health and Human Services. The sum of $400,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and the sum of $400,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 are hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purposes of section 1 of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
19-1012
Revised 2/6/19
SB 281-FN-A-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to mental health services for schools and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | |
Appropriation | $200,000 | $200,000 | $0 | $0 | |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Expenditures | $200,000 | $200,000 | $0 | $0 | |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | ||||
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Revenue | $200,000 | $200,000 | $0 | $0 | |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill authorizes school districts in Rockingham County to contract with the Center for Life Management for a pilot demonstration of its School Crisis Response and Prevention Program to provide mental health services, and provides a $200,000 general fund appropriation to the Department of Education in each FY 2020 and FY 2021 for this purpose. The Department estimates it would allocate the $200,000 in general funds to all school districts in Rockingham County on a per-student basis. The funds would be distributed using the Department's current grants management system.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
