Bill Text: NH SB291 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relative to the construction of new mental health facilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-18 - To Be Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, Adjournment 09/25/2019; [SB291 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB291-Amended.html

SB 291-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/14/2019   0832s

2019 SESSION

19-0955

05/01

 

SENATE BILL 291-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the construction of new mental health facilities.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7; Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the department of health and human services to develop and implement plans to establish a new forensic psychiatric hospital, additional transitional beds for forensic patients or patients with complex behavioral health conditions, and a new acute inpatient psychiatric treatment facility for children.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/14/2019   0832s 19-0955

05/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to the construction of new mental health facilities.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Department of Health and Human Services; Construction of New Mental Health Facilities.

I.  The commissioner of the department of health and human services, in consultation and in collaboration with the attorney general, the commissioner of the department of corrections, and the commissioner of the department of administrative services, shall administer the development and implementation of plans for the following:

(a)  Establishing a new 60 bed forensic psychiatric hospital; and

(b)  Establishing 40 additional transitional beds for forensic patients and or patients with complex behavioral health conditions.

II.  The commissioner of the department of health and human services, in consultation and in collaboration with the attorney general, and the commissioner of the department of administrative services, shall administer the development and implementation of plans for the following:

(a)  Establishing a new treatment facility for children who are in need of acute inpatient psychiatric treatment; and

(b)  Repurposing of the children’s unit at New Hampshire hospital for adult beds upon completion and readiness of the new treatment facility for children established in this paragraph.

III.  The plans for establishing a new 60 bed forensic psychiatric hospital and 40 additional transitional beds for forensic patients and or patients with complex behavioral health conditions shall be completed by November 1, 2019, and such facilities shall be operational by June 1, 2021.

IV.  The plans for development of a new treatment facility for children who are in need of acute inpatient psychiatric treatment and for repurposing of the children’s unit at New Hampshire hospital for adult beds shall be completed by June 1, 2020, and such facility shall be operational by June 1, 2021.

V.  All contracts and projects set forth in paragraphs I and II, and plans and specifications therefor, shall be awarded in accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-I.

VI.  In preparation for the operation of the new facilities established pursuant to paragraphs I and II, the commissioner of the department of health and human services, in consultation and collaboration with the attorney general, the commissioner of the department of corrections, and the commissioner of the department of administrative services, shall recommend proposed legislation for any changes to statutes or administrative rules that are deemed necessary for the transition of patients to and the operation of the new facilities.  In developing such recommendations, and the plans and deadlines required in paragraphs I through IV, the commissioner of the department of health human services shall solicit input from public and private stakeholders as the commissioner deems necessary and appropriate.  The commissioner of the department of health human services shall submit the plans required in paragraphs I and II and recommendations required by this paragraph to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate no later than November 1, 2019.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.

 

LBAO

19-0955

Revised 2/6/19

 

SB 291-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT removing juvenile patients from the New Hampshire hospital to the Sununu Youth Services Center.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$13,912,500

$9,795,000

$9,795,000

$9,795,000

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Federal Medicaid funds, private insurance reimbursement

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a psychiatric residential treatment facility within the Sununu Youth Services Center and transfer juveniles from New Hampshire Hospital to the facility by January 1, 2020.

 

Based on an opening date of January 1, 2020, the Department estimates the following costs associated with construction of a 24-bed facility, as well as annual accreditation and operational expenses.  The Department anticipates these costs will be partially offset by federal Medicaid and private insurance reimbursement, as shown below.

 

Estimated Costs

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Construction ($750/ sq. ft)

$ (9,000,000)

-

-

-

Program Costs ($1,116/day)

$ (4,890,000)

$ (9,780,000)

$ (9,780,000)

$ (9,780,000)

Accreditation

$ (22,500)

$ (15,000)

$ (15,000)

$ (15,000)

Total:

$ (13,912,500)

$ (9,795,000)

$ (9,795,000)

$ (9,795,000)

Estimated Revenue

Federal Medicaid Reimbursement

$1,125,000

$2,250,000

$2,250,000

$2,250,000

Private Insurance

$925,000

$1,850,000

$1,850,000

$1,850,000

Net General Fund      Expenditures

$ (11,862,500)

$ (5,695,000)

$ (5,695,000)

$ (5,695,000)

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services

 

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