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2020 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare
Title 172 - New Hampshire Substance Use Disorder Services System
Section 172:2-a - State Substance Use Disorder Services System Established.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 172:2-a (2020)
172:2-a State Substance Use Disorder Services System Established. –
The commissioner shall provide for the scientific care, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with substance use disorders and their families, and work towards the prevention of, and assist in the control of, alcohol and drug misuse within the state through education, treatment, community organization, and research. The department shall establish, maintain, implement, and coordinate a system of substance use disorder treatment services under this chapter. This system shall be supervised by the commissioner. With the exception of a youth drug treatment center required to be operated by a non-governmental entity at the Sununu youth services center, at the discretion of the commissioner, the department may directly operate and administer any program or facility which provides, or which may be established to provide, services to persons with substance use disorders or may enter into a contract with any individual, partnership, association, public or private, for profit or nonprofit, agency or corporation for the operation and administration of any such program or facility.
Source. 1969, 501:2. 1979, 378:11, 30, eff. July 1, 1980. 2018, 364:3, eff. July 2, 2018.
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