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HB1521: adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Kendall Snow House ยท Hills 19
Topics
No Committee Assignment Health care
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HB 1521-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2020... 0331h
2020 SESSION
20-2492
01/04
HOUSE BILL 1521-FN
AN ACT adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires one of the public members of the board of licensing for alcohol and other drug use professionals to be a certified peer support specialist.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2020... 0331h 20-2492
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Board of Mental Health Practice; Member Added. Amend RSA 330-A:3, I to read as follows:
I. There shall be a board of mental health practice composed of the following members: one licensed pastoral psychotherapist, one licensed clinical social worker, one licensed marriage and family therapist, one licensed clinical mental health counselor, one member from a community mental health center, one member from a community health center, and 3 public members, one of whom shall be a certified peer support specialist. The members shall be appointed to a term of 3 years by the governor with the approval of the council. The members of the board shall elect a chairperson on an annual basis. No discipline's representative and no individual public member shall serve as chairperson for more than 2 years consecutively.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
20-2492
Amended 3/20/20
HB 1521-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2020-0331h)
AN ACT adding a peer support specialist to the board of mental health practice.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Office of Professional Licensure and Certification