PORTSMOUTH -- Providers could be moving forward with a 10-year plan to offer additional and needed mental-health services if not for Gov. Chris Sununu’s June 28 veto of the state budget, said Democratic officials, during a Tuesday press conference at Seacoast Mental Health.

State Sens. Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth, and Tom Sherman, D-Rye, were joined at the press event by Rep. Patricia Lovejoy, D-Stratham, and Jay Couture, executive director of Seacoast Mental Health. They urged about 20 SMH employees in attendance to contact Sununu and urge him to pass the proposed budget with $90 million in business taxes they said would fund the 10-year mental health plan.

<p>PORTSMOUTH -- Providers could be moving forward with a 10-year plan to offer additional and needed mental-health services if not for Gov. Chris&nbsp;<a href="https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-media/press-2019/documents/20190628-budget-veto.pdf">Sununu&rsquo;s June 28 veto</a>&nbsp;of the state budget, said Democratic officials, during a Tuesday press conference at Seacoast Mental Health.</p>
<p>State Sens. Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth, and Tom Sherman, D-Rye, were joined at the press event by Rep. Patricia Lovejoy, D-Stratham, and Jay Couture, executive director of Seacoast Mental Health. They urged about 20 SMH employees in attendance to contact Sununu and urge him to pass the proposed budget with $90 million in business taxes they said would fund the 10-year mental health plan.</p>

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