Senate budget writers seek answers for mental health emergency room boarding
By Garry Rayno - InDepthNH | May 2, 2021
Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette and Dr. Ben Chan are pictured at a press conference in Concord last August in this file photo. (Paula Tracy)
CONCORD Senate budget writers began work on the state’s largest department Friday as Health and Human Services outlined budget needs and obligations.
Much of the discussion with Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette centered on the department’s actions and what it plans to do to reduce the number of children and adults waiting for mental health services in hospital emergency rooms.
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Dr. Ben Chan, left, and Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette are pictured at a press conference in Concord last August. File Photo/Paula Tracy
CONCORD, NH Senate budget writers began work on the state’s largest department Friday as Health and Human Services outlined budget needs and obligations.
Much of the discussion with Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette centered on the department’s actions and what it plans to do to reduce the number of children and adults waiting for mental health services in hospital emergency rooms.
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CONCORD The proposed budget headed for a House vote this week would force the closure of New Hampshire’s youth detention center next year, though the head of the agency overseeing it calls the plan unrealistic.
Rep. Jess Edwards, R-Auburn, said the House Finance Committee’s recommendation to shut down the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester marked “a moment of high bipartisanship in the committee.”
“It was really kind of the highlight of our getting along and trying to do what’s right for the community,” he said on Monday as the committee briefed other House members on their $13.5 billion, two-year budget proposal.