HB 517  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0487

05/04

 

HOUSE BILL 517

 

AN ACT relative to background checks for surrogate parents.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Myler, Merr. 9; Rep. Woodcock, Carr. 1; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a surrogate parent for special education to undergo a criminal history records check.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0487

05/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to background checks for surrogate parents.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Special Education; Surrogate Parents; Criminal History Records Check.  Amend RSA 186-C:14 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a.  The department shall complete a criminal history records check of each surrogate parent as it would a credentialing applicant pursuant to RSA 189:13-c.  The department shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the procedures for conducting criminal history records checks of surrogate parents.

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