Changes result when someone else in the state is admitted and determined to be in greater crisis (has higher medical acuity). INTRODUCTION 4 Purpose and Overview 4 Request for Proposal Terminology 4 Contract Period 4 2. Editor’s Note: This is the third and final part of a series by Laconia Daily Sun Managing Editor Roger Carroll about his experiences with the mental health system after going through a personal crisis that landed him in an emergency room, a placement annex and finally a designated receiving facility at Franklin Regional Hospital. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Designated Receiving Facility Beds RFA-2018-DBH-06-DESIG Page 2 of 18 REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS 1. Looser said Portsmouth Regional became a designated receiving facility (DRF) in 2015, enabling the hospital to take involuntary psychiatric patients, and Parkland became a DRF in late 2019. 307.03 Medical Assistance: Designated Receiving Facilities (FAM) See 307.03 Individuals In Designated Receiving Facilities (FAM) 307.03 Individuals In Designated Receiving Facilities (FAM) Designated Receiving Facility for Developmental Services RFP-2021-DLTSS-03-DESIG Page 2 of 44 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The New Hampshire Legislature appropriated funds for a 3.1 percent increase for Medicaid provider rates for state plan and waiver services, excluding inpatient-only substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services (there was a very recent update adjustment). Once a doctor decides you should be held on an IEA, you are transferred by a police officer to a psychiatric facility or what is known as a designated receiving facility: New Hampshire Hospital, Elliott Hospital in Manchester, Franklin Hospital, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, or the Cypress Center … Admissions come from Emergency Departments all over the state. DRF (Designated Receiving Facility) – 24-hour care in our inpatient mental health unit. The decision is made by New Hampshire Hospital in conjunction with the Emergency Department and if they are going to someplace other than NHH that Designated Receiving facility. NEW HAMPSHIRE CODE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES 3 He-M 300 (h) “Designated receiving facility (DRF)” means a residential treatment program designated by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 171-A:20 and He-M 526 to provide care, custody, and treatment to persons involuntarily admitted to the state developmental services system. Description: This Request for Proposals is published to solicit proposals for the operation of a Designated Receiving Facility (DRF) for developmental services located in the state of New Hampshire to meet the requirements of Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) 171-A:20 and 171-B:12, and New Hampshire Administrative Rule He-M 526, Designation of Receiving Facilities for Developmental Services. BACKGROUND 5 New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Developmental Services 5 Background 5 3. STATEMENT OF WORK 6 • NAMI-NH • 2 State facilities • NH Hospital-acute psychiatric hospital (168 beds) • 4 Designated Receiving Facilities—Cypress Center (16), Portsmouth Regional Hospital (8), Franklin Regional Hospital (10) and Elliot Hospital (12) • Glencliff Home-long term care/nursing home (120 beds) The Designated Receiving Facilities (DRF) and new Voluntary Inpatient Designated Receiving Facility Beds June 30, 2017 .