HB 824-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 824-FN-A
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for services to persons with mental illness and their families.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0952
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to services for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Statement of Purpose. The general court recognizes that support and follow up treatment services for persons with mental illness and their families will enable such persons to further take responsibility for their own recovery from mental illness and to successfully maintain it. The general court further recognizes that the earlier in the illness that treatment and family support is provided, the better the chances of achieving and maintaining recovery and minimizing the costs to individuals, families, and the state. Therefore, the general court hereby makes an appropriation to promote growth and continued mental health, provide support to consumers and families, and provide a community safety net if relapse occurs that minimizes the chance of expensive emergency acute care and institutionalization.
2 Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purposes of providing services for persons with mental illness and their families, the sum of $2,490,983, of which $1,745,733 shall be from general funds and $ 745,250 shall be from federal funds, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004; and the sum of $5,387,383 of which $3,311,133 shall be from general funds and $2,076,250 shall be from federal funds, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. Such funds shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of health and human services. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
LBAO
03-0952
Revised 2/6/03
HB 824 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to services for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services stated this bill will increase state expenditures by $2,490,983 in FY 2004 and $5,387,383 in FY 2005. State revenue will increase by $745,250 in FY 2004 and $2,076,250 in FY 2005. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
This bill appropriates $2,490,983, of which $1,745,733 are general funds and $745,250 are federal funds in FY 2004, and $5,387,383 of which $3,311,133 are general funds and $2,076,250 are federal funds in FY 2005 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the purposes of this act.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department indicated the appropriation would be used to provide services and support to individuals with mental illness and their families. The Department assumed the federal revenue would be available because some of the services provided are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.