Mental Health

New Hampshire provides funding for some outpatient and impatient mental health services. That funding increased after a 2014 lawsuit found that New Hampshire needed to do more to keep mental health patients out of hospitals and instead treat them in community care settings. However, advocates argue the state is not living up to its funding promises. Study up on the latest proposals to change how the state looks after mental health.

Critical bills

HB 352 (2023)
Allow excused absences for mental health

HB 428 (2023)
Allow conditional licensing for therapists

HB 505 (2023)
Require "comprehensive mental health education"

HB 560 (2023)
Establish voluntary "contact person notification program"

HB 619 (2023)
Ban gender reassignment surgery for minors

HB 1109 (2024)
Require student IDs to show eating disorder helpline

HB 1312 (2024)
Require notice before curriculum related to gender and sexuality, prohibit school policies that block sharing information with parents about students' health or sexuality

HB 1394 (2024)
License music therapists

HB 1658 (2024)
Require database for state police showing people committed for mental health issues

HB 1701 (2024)
Create process to remove records related to involuntary commitment

SB 128 (2023)
Cover court-appointed attorney costs for people involuntarily committed

SB 235 (2023)
Require coverage for mental health and substance use disorder services through primary care behavioral health model

SB 314 (2024)
Amend process for examining competency of defendants

SB 410 (2024)
Fund mental health community and transitional housing

SB 411 (2024)
Study emergency mental health services for those under age 21

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