New Hampshire HB1070: relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

What the bill says

An act relative to the involuntary emergency admission process. Rep. Bordes, Belk. 5; Rep. Coker, Belk. 2; Rep. Foote, Rock. 13; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Tenczar, Hills. 1; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17 COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill provides that an individual may be transported by ambulance for psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the individual should be hospitalized under an involuntary emergency admission petition. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.

From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:

AN ACT relative to the involuntary emergency admission process. Rep. Bordes, Belk. 5; Rep. Coker, Belk. 2; Rep. Foote, Rock. 13; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Tenczar, Hills. 1; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17 COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill provides that an individual may be transported by ambulance for psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the individual should be hospitalized under an involuntary emergency admission petition. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2381 05/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to the involuntary emergency admission process. 1 Involuntary Emergency Admissions. Amend RSA 135-C:28 to read as follows: …

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Sponsors

• Dennis Mannion (R, 25) · primary sponsor
• Mike Bordes (R, 5)