2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 135-F - SYSTEM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
Section 135-F:4 - Duties of Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services.

    135-F:4 Duties of Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services. – The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall:
    I. To the extent possible within existing statutory and budgetary constraints, modify the policies and practices of the department of health and human services to establish a system of care; and
    II. Develop a plan for full establishment and maintenance of a system of care. Such plan shall be reviewed and amended annually. It shall include sufficient detail to allow compliance with the reporting requirements of RSA 135-F:6, and shall address at least the following elements:
       (a) System capacity, including workforce sufficiency.
       (b) Federal funding participation, including but not limited to Medicaid waivers and plan amendments.
       (c) Changes to statutes, administrative rules, and structure of appropriations, and department policy, practice, and structure.
       (d) Projections of cost savings from increased service effectiveness and reductions in costly forms of care and use of such savings to close existing gaps in children's behavioral health services.
       (e) Recommended modifications to law, practice, and policy to prepare for and accommodate the participation of privately funded service providers in the system of care.
       (f) Coordination with the plans and activities of the commissioner of the department of education to implement the system of care.

Source. 2016, 203:2, eff. June 6, 2016.