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Bill would reestablish commission to study crisis care gaps for people with intellectual disabilities
Summary
Representative JD Bernardi’s bill to reestablish a commission to examine delivery of behavioral crisis services for people whose impairment is primarily due to intellectual disability was presented by Representative Mark McClain, who said last year’s commission lacked time and membership to complete its work.
The House Committee on Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 370, a bill to reestablish a commission to study delivery of behavioral crisis services to people whose behavioral crises occur primarily because of intellectual disability.
Representative Mark McClain, standing in for prime sponsor Representative JD Bernardi, told the panel the issue arises from the mental‑illness definition in state statute (RSA 135‑C:2) that…
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