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Rep. Grote, Rock. 24
April 20, 2023
2023-1453h
02/10
Amendment to SB 44-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:
3 Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals. Amend RSA 330-C:2, XII to read as follows:
XII. "Facility" means an alcohol and other drug use prevention, intervention, recovery, or treatment agency which is publicly or privately owned, for-profit or not-for-profit, and which is licensed, [or] certified, or [required to be licensed or certified] otherwise overseen or approved by the state, or is under contract to a state agency.
Amend the bill by replacing section 7 with the following:
7 Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals. Amend RSA 330-C:10, I to read as follows:
I. The scope of practice of the MLADC is the screening, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and co-occurring disorders [only within the context of addressing substance use disorders]. The practice of alcohol and drug counseling and co-occurring disorder counseling includes the following performance areas which encompass the 12 core functions and practice dimensions of addiction counseling:
(a) The performance of clinical evaluations including the screening, assessment, and diagnosis of substance use disorders, [and] mental health disorders [when they are] and co-occurring [with a substance abuse disorder] disorders, and the performance of diagnosis and differential [diagnoses] diagnosis. This includes severity assessment and assessment of dangerousness to self or others;
(b) The performance of treatment planning, case management, consultation, education, documentation, and client advocacy;
(c) The performance of counseling including:
(1) Individual, group, family, and significant other counseling;
(2) Crisis prevention and intervention to include enlisting the support of trained personnel to manage risk of harm to self or others;
(3) Co-occurring disorder counseling with the use of integrated models of assessment, intervention, and counseling techniques [within] with and without the context or treatment of a substance use disorder;
(d) Adherence to professional and ethical standards as determined by the board.
Amend the bill by deleting section 9 and renumbering the original sections 10 and 11 to read as 9 and 10, respectively.