Bill Text: NH SB281 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
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-Introduced.html
SB 281-FN-A-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-1012
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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ANALYSIS
This bill permits school districts in Rockingham county to contract with the Center for Life Management to provide mental health services and makes an appropriation therefor.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-1012
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 New Section; School Districts; Mental Health Services. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 11-d the following new section:
189:11-e Mental Health Services. School districts in Rockingham county may contract with the Center for Life Management for a pilot demonstration of its School Crisis Response and Prevention Program to provide mental health services.
2 Appropriation; Department of Education. The sum of $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and the sum of $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 are hereby appropriated to the department of education for the purposes of this act. These appropriations are in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of education. 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
1/28/19
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 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | $0 | $0 |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
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Revenue | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
The Deparment of Education was originally contacted on January 10, 2019 for a fiscal note worksheet, which they have not provided as of January 28, 2019.
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 of Education has provided no information to determine how much of, or in which years, these funds would be expended.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
