HB 1511 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2400
02/10
HOUSE BILL 1511
SPONSORS: Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill makes the department of health and human services financially responsible for children undergoing an episode of treatment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2400
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Liability for Children With Disabilities in Certain Court Ordered Placements. Amend RSA 186-C:19-b, I to read as follows:
I.(a) As used in this section "children in placement for which the department of health and human services has financial responsibility" means all children receiving special education or special education and related services whose placements were made pursuant to RSA 169-B, 169-C, [or] 169-D, or 193:27, VII, except children at the youth development center and children placed at the youth services center maintained by the department of health and human services while awaiting disposition of the court following arraignment pursuant to RSA 169-B:13.
(b) In the case of an out-of-district placement or placement for an episode of treatment, the appropriate court, or the department of health and human services, bureau for children's behavioral health, shall notify the department of education on the date that the court order is signed, or the need for an episode of treatment is determined, stating the initial length of time for which such placement is made. This subparagraph shall apply to the original order or determination and all subsequent modifications of that order or determination.