HB 636 · 2025 · House · Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee
Independent community mental health providers
AI-generatedrelative to community mental health providers.
Permits community mental health providers to deliver services independently from community mental health programs and directs the department of health and human services to adopt rules on program eligibility and compliance.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 26, 2025- ✓Introduced
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Analysis
This bill permits community mental health providers to provide services independently from community mental health programs. The bill directs the department of health and human services to adopt rules regarding program eligibility and compliance.
From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.
In the bill's words
Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site
“Any city, county, town, [or] nonprofit corporation, or other organization that provides clinical mental health services may establish and administer a community mental health program for the purpose of providing mental health services to individuals and organizations in the area.”
“In this chapter, "community mental health provider" means a Medicaid provider or organization that provides clinical mental health services, employs licensed mental health practitioners, provides clinical supervision of its staff, and assumes professional, ethical, and legal responsibility for such mental health services.”
“Every program shall, at a minimum, provide emergency, medical or [psychiatric] psychological screening and evaluation, case management, and psychotherapy services.”
“The department may contract with a community mental health program, pursuant to RSA 135-C:3, for the operation and administration of any services which are part of the state mental health services system.”
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
Rep. Susan ElbergerD, Rep. Alicia GreggD
Public testimony
29 signed in online · 3 wrote testimony
83% support17% oppose0% neutral
In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted
“We need as many options as we can for mental health treatment in New Hampshire.”
“there are not enough community mental health centers/resources that serve the general population, as there is a disproportionate amount of private therapy practices which usually do not accept state insurance, making it inaccessible to marginalized folks.”
Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.
Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026
Votes
yeanay- Mar 19, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate18–0Overall100% yea
- Mar 26, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted
Hearings and debates
- Mar 12, 2025Public hearingHouse Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs3:03:18–3:09:266m 8slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
- Mar 19, 2025Public hearingHouse Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs1:15:05–1:20:445m 39slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Executive Session
- Mar 26, 2025Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote
Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.
Legislative history
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 20
- Mar 12, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 03/12/2025 11:30 am LOB 202-204
- Mar 19, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 03/19/2025 09:30 am LOB 201
- Mar 19, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/19/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 17 P. 19
- Mar 26, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 32
Coverage
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Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.