Title X, Public Health

The rights established in RSA 135-C:56-60 shall only apply to those persons who have been found eligible for services under RSA 135-C:13 and to those persons who have been admitted to receiving facilities.

I. No person receiving treatment for mental illness shall be deprived of any legal right to which all citizens are entitled, except as provided for by law. II. No person shall be deemed incompetent to manage his affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational, or motor v…

Persons receiving mental health services shall have the right to: I. An individual service plan developed in accordance with 135-C:19. II. Be informed of and to give consent before administration of any treatment. All elements of an informed decision as defined in RSA 135-C:2, IX…

Every person admitted to a receiving facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately by mail and telephone with persons outside the facility, and to receive visitors, unless it is determined that this communication or visitation has harmed or will harm the perso…

All persons receiving mental health services shall be informed of the rights guaranteed by this chapter, and by the rules it authorizes to be adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner, promptly upon admission or upon determination of eligibility for services. All receiving faci…

I. There shall be established within the department the bureau of behavioral health services, which shall include, but not be limited to, New Hampshire hospital, Glencliff home, and community mental health services. II. The commissioner shall appoint a person duly qualified by tr…

Whenever it appears to the commissioner that a client in the mental health services system by reason of mental illness is substantially deprived of his capacity to manage his own affairs and is at risk of substantial harm to person or estate as a result, and the client does not h…

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. A definition of "severely mentally disabled" or "severe mental disability". II. Eligibility criteria and procedures for admission to the state facilities as required by RSA 135-C:4 and 135-C:13. III. Regul…

I. Except as provided in RSA 135-C:29, any law enforcement officer shall take custody of persons who are subject to proceedings for involuntary emergency admission; involuntary admission, or temporary revocation of a conditional discharge under RSA 135-C in the following circumst…

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 135-C:62 shall take said person into custody and transport that person to the appropriate destination.

I. As used in this section: (a) "Records" means records of interviews, internal reviews and investigations, and all reports, statements, minutes, memoranda, charts, statistics, and other documentation generated during the activities of a quality assurance program. Records shall n…

The commissioner shall maintain behavioral health services for children and adolescents in one or more facilities as designated by the commissioner. All services for children and adolescents shall be appropriate for each child's developmental stage and shall address the education…

Children subject to proceedings in juvenile court may be admitted to a child inpatient psychiatric treatment facility within the state mental health system for evaluation, care, or treatment only upon prior approval of the commissioner or designee.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, records regarding children receiving child inpatient psychiatric treatment at a facility within the state mental health system, pursuant to RSA 169-B, 169-C, or 169-D shall be exchanged between employees of the department to facilitate…

The commissioner shall adopt rules relative to eligibility criteria and procedures for admission to and discharge from facilities within the state mental health system that provide inpatient psychiatric treatment to children.

There is established a commission to study the delivery of behavioral crisis services to individuals with mental illness whose impairment is primarily due to intellectual disability. I. Notwithstanding RSA 14:49, the members of the commission shall be as follows: (a) Four members…

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 psych…

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 …

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.