New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-G:4-d – Content of Provider Contracts
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I. All contracts between the department and providers of services under this chapter, or any behavior health service to children, shall include provisions addressing outcome measurement, incentives for the use of evidence-based practices, and accountability for high-quality services. Such provisions shall, at minimum, include the following:
(a) Required use of a uniform assessment instrument developed and/or approved by the department pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:4-e.
(b) In the case of providers of services to children pursuant to the dispositional authority of the circuit court under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 169-B and 169-D, outcome measurement which includes recidivism as measured by post-service arrests, violations of parole, conditional release, or other conditional liberty, and behavior meeting the definition of a child in need of service under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-D:2. Contracts with such providers shall also include incentives for recidivism reduction.
(c) Reporting to the department changes in assessment results following provision of the contracted service for each child served.
I-a. The commissioner shall employ a procurement model for administering the provision of therapeutic-based residential behavioral health treatment services provided pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 170-G and RSA 135-F. All contracts shall incorporate the use of trauma-focused models of care. In cases where the unique needs of a juvenile or the capacity of a contracted provider prevent the use of a contracted provider, the commissioner may approve and shall pay for placement with another certified provider on a temporary basis if the commissioner determines that the placement is necessary to meet the juvenile’s immediate treatment needs.
II. The department shall include substantially similar requirements in its standards for provider certification and other processes administered by the department to qualify providers to deliver services pursuant to this chapter.
(a) Required use of a uniform assessment instrument developed and/or approved by the department pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:4-e.
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- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
(b) In the case of providers of services to children pursuant to the dispositional authority of the circuit court under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 169-B and 169-D, outcome measurement which includes recidivism as measured by post-service arrests, violations of parole, conditional release, or other conditional liberty, and behavior meeting the definition of a child in need of service under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-D:2. Contracts with such providers shall also include incentives for recidivism reduction.
(c) Reporting to the department changes in assessment results following provision of the contracted service for each child served.
I-a. The commissioner shall employ a procurement model for administering the provision of therapeutic-based residential behavioral health treatment services provided pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 170-G and RSA 135-F. All contracts shall incorporate the use of trauma-focused models of care. In cases where the unique needs of a juvenile or the capacity of a contracted provider prevent the use of a contracted provider, the commissioner may approve and shall pay for placement with another certified provider on a temporary basis if the commissioner determines that the placement is necessary to meet the juvenile’s immediate treatment needs.
II. The department shall include substantially similar requirements in its standards for provider certification and other processes administered by the department to qualify providers to deliver services pursuant to this chapter.