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HB1070 • 2026

relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dennis Mannion (R), Charles Foote (R), Jeffrey Tenczar (R), Mike Bordes (R), Mark Proulx (R), Jennifer Rhodes (R), Matthew Coker (R), Terry Roy (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 46

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/04/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 10 P. 22

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 03/04/2026 09:00 am GP 158

  4. 2026-02-11 H

    Public Hearing: 02/18/2026 11:00 am GP 158

  5. 2025-11-12 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 5

Official Summary Text

relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1070-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2381
05/09

HOUSE BILL
1070-FN

AN ACT
relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; 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

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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.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Involuntary Emergency Admissions. Amend RSA 135-C:28 to read as follows:
III.
Notwithstanding RSA 135-C:28, II,
when a peace officer observes a person engaging in behavior which gives the peace officer reasonable suspicion to believe that the person may be suffering from a mental illness and probable cause to believe that unless the person is placed in protective custody the person poses an immediate danger of bodily injury to himself or others, the police officer may place the person in protective custody. Any person taken into protective custody under this paragraph shall be transported directly to an emergency room of a licensed general hospital or to another site designated by the community mental health program serving the area, for the purpose of determining if an involuntary emergency admission shall be ordered in accordance with RSA 135-C:28, I. The period of protective custody shall end when a physician, PA, or APRN makes a determination as to whether involuntary emergency admission shall be ordered or at the end of 6 hours, whichever event occurs first.

IV. When a person is transported to the emergency room of a licensed general hospital or to another site designated by the community mental health program serving the area for a compulsory mental health evaluation under this section, the person shall be transported by ambulance and shall be subject to the care of an emergency medical technician. The individual's consent to transport by ambulance shall not be required; provided however, that if law enforcement deems the individual to be a safety risk to emergency medical personnel, the individual shall be transported by law enforcement.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBA
26-2381
11/5/25
HB 1070-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
relative to the involuntary emergency admission process.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact

FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
FY 2029

County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

County Expenditures
$0
$0
$0
$0

Local Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

Local Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Indeterminable

METHODOLOGY:
This bill stipulates that under certain circumstances, individuals transported for a compulsory mental health evaluation shall be transported via ambulance and shall be subject to the care of an emergency technician. In the event of an ambulance transport requested by local law enforcement, it is unclear whether the cost of this transport would be borne by the individual or the municipality. The New Hampshire Municipal Association notes that to the extent municipalities are responsible, the cost of ambulance transport can range from $414 to over $2,300 per case. The aggregate impact on municipalities is unknown and would depend on the number of transports requested.

The Department of Health and Human Services states the bill will have no impact on that department.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
New Hampshire Municipal Association and Department of Health and Human Services