{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-61","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 135-C:61","heading":"Rulemaking.","body":"The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:\nI. A definition of \"severely mentally disabled\" or \"severe mental disability\".\nII. Eligibility criteria and procedures for admission to the state facilities as required by RSA 135-C:4 and 135-C:13.\nIII. Regulating state services as authorized by RSA 135-C:5.\nIV. Necessary criteria and the process of approval for community mental health programs as required by RSA 135-C:10.\nV. Client withdrawal procedures in accordance with RSA 135-C:16.\nVI. The termination or suspension of services by a program or facility in accordance with RSA 135-C:18.\nVII. Development of individual service plans for clients under RSA 135-C:19.\nVIII. Criteria and procedures for designating a facility as a receiving facility as required by RSA 135-C:26.\nIX. Transfers by one receiving facility to another and the procedures for challenging that transfer in accordance with RSA 135-C:48.\nX. Appeals from revocation of a conditional discharge in accordance with RSA 135-C:52.\nXI. Treatment and communication rights of persons receiving mental health services as provided in RSA 135-C:57 and 58.\nXII. Nursing facility preadmission screening and annual resident review for persons with developmental disabilities or intellectual disabilities.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 135-C: NEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM","Miscellaneous"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/135-C/135-C-61.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:18:47Z","sha256":"b9ca2cd40493693126728de6e6af18e66d48d8637261f2c1f17435b88ecfc2ca","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-60","next":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}