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RSA 170-G:4-d · Content of Provider Contracts
170-G:4-d Content of Provider Contracts. –
Copy linkAll contracts between the department and providers of services under this chapter, or any behavior health service to children, shall include provisions addressing outcome measurement, incentives for the use of evidence-based practices, and accountability for high-quality services. Such provisions shall, at minimum, include the following:
Copy linkRequired use of a uniform assessment instrument developed and/or approved by the department pursuant to RSA 170-G:4-e.
Copy linkIn the case of providers of services to children pursuant to the dispositional authority of the circuit court under RSA 169-B and 169-D, outcome measurement which includes recidivism as measured by post-service arrests, violations of parole, conditional release, or other conditional liberty, and behavior meeting the definition of a child in need of service under RSA 169-D:2. Contracts with such providers shall also include incentives for recidivism reduction.
Copy linkReporting to the department changes in assessment results following provision of the contracted service for each child served. I-a. The commissioner shall employ a procurement model for administering the provision of therapeutic-based residential behavioral health treatment services provided pursuant to RSA 170-G and RSA 135-F. All contracts shall incorporate the use of trauma-focused models of care. In cases where the unique needs of a juvenile or the capacity of a contracted provider prevent the use of a contracted provider, the commissioner may approve and shall pay for placement with another certified provider on a temporary basis if the commissioner determines that the placement is necessary to meet the juvenile's immediate treatment needs.
Copy linkThe department shall include substantially similar requirements in its standards for provider certification and other processes administered by the department to qualify providers to deliver services pursuant to this chapter. Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; 346:344, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2021, 122:53, eff. July 9, 2021.
Copy linkSource note
Source. 2019, 44:16, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; 346:344, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2021, 122:53, eff. July 9, 2021.
Source history
- 2019, 44:16, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; 346:344, eff. Jan. 1, 2020
- 2021, 122:53, eff. July 9, 2021
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tion of parental rights under RSA 170-C. (k) Child day care, residential care, and child-placing agencies under RSA 170-E. (l) Services for children, youth, and families under RSA 170-G. (m) Parole of delinquents under RSA 170-H. (n) The compact for hard to place children under RSA 126-D. (o) Family support services under RSA 126-G. (p) Educationally disabled children at the Sununu youth servic
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2026 SB142-FN
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tion of parental rights under RSA 170-C. (k) Child day care, residential care, and child-placing agencies under RSA 170-E. (l) Services for children, youth, and families under RSA 170-G. (m) Parole of delinquents under RSA 170-H. (n) The compact for hard to place children under RSA 126-D. (o) Family support services under RSA 126-G. (p) Educationally disabled children at the Sununu youth servic