2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 135-F - SYSTEM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
Section 135-F:6 - Reporting Requirements.

    135-F:6 Reporting Requirements. – The commissioners of the department of health and human services and the department of education shall issue a joint system of care report on or before December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2016. The report shall be provided to the governor and executive council, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house and senate finance committees, and the house and senate policy committees with jurisdiction over health and human services and education issues.
    I. Beginning in 2016, the report shall address the following:
       (a) The total cost of children's behavioral health services.
       (b) The extent to which the state's behavioral health service systems are consistent with a system of care.
       (c) A description of any actual or planned changes in department policy or practice or developments external to the departments that will affect implementation of a system of care.
       (d) Any other available information relevant to progress toward full implementation of a system of care.
    II. Beginning in 2017, the report shall also address the following:
       (a) A summary of the interagency agreement between the departments required by RSA 135-F:7.
       (b) Identification of those actions which will be required to maximize federal and private insurance funding participation in the system of care, along with target dates for completion.
       (c) Identification of changes to statutes, administrative rules, policies, practices, and managed care and provider contracts which will be necessary to fully implement the system of care.
       (d) Identification of significant gaps in the array of children's behavioral health services, along with a description of plans to close those gaps.
    III. Beginning in 2018, the report shall also address the following:
       (a) Projections of future demand for services in the system of care.
       (b) Identification of shortfalls in workforce sufficiency affecting full implementation of the system of care and plans for addressing those shortfalls.
       (c) Identification of specific plan amendments and other changes to the Medicaid system required for full implementation of the system of care and plans for making those changes.
       (d) Numbers of children and youth awaiting services in various categories.
    IV. Beginning in 2019, the report shall also address the following:
       (a) Detailed statistical information regarding children and families serviced, along with demographic characteristics, service need and provision, involvement in service systems, service funding sources, and placement or other site of service provision.
       (b) Outcomes, including but not limited to status upon exit from the system of care, measured treatment results, recidivism, and other returns to the service system.
       (c) Financial information, including but not limited to measures of cost-effectiveness, comparisons with other states with regard to levels of funding from federal, state, local, and private sources, and cost savings resulting from service coordination and effectiveness.
       (d) An assessment of any influences external to the department of health and human services and the department of education, including configuration of the private children's behavioral health care system, which may be affecting establishment of the system of care.

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