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New Hampshire governor pledges millions more for mental health
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31801
Subject(s) - legislature , medicaid , mental health , state (computer science) , revenue , state legislature , fiscal year , governor , public administration , health care , political science , economic growth , business , finance , medicine , economics , psychiatry , engineering , law , aerospace engineering , algorithm , computer science
Gov. Chris Sununu unveiled a $13 billion two‐year state budget proposal before the state legislature on Feb. 14, with millions of dollars in one‐time investments for mental health, school building and social services, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. The revenue and spending plan for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 includes $40 million for a new 60‐bed forensic unit on the grounds of the state psychiatric hospital, $2 million for hospitals to build more psychiatric beds, $64 million in one‐time money for targeted school building aid and a 31 percent increase in funding for services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. The budget does not contain any increase in the Medicaid rates paid to care providers, nor does it increase the base adequacy of $3,360 per pupil that the state pays in education aid. The Democratic majority in the state Legislature is pushing for significant increases in both of those areas, so the stage is set for a contentious budget season.