HB 1162 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1162
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the petition process, record keeping procedures, and costs of services in CHINS cases.
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill establishes a committee to study the petition process, record keeping procedures, and costs of services in CHINS cases.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2488
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the petition process, record keeping procedures, and costs of services in CHINS cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the petition process, record keeping procedures, and costs of services in children in need of services (CHINS) cases pursuant to RSA 169-D.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Four members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study the petition process, record keeping procedures, including procedures for the destruction of CHINS records when a child in need of services attains the age of 18, and cost of services in CHINS cases pursuant to RSA 169-D. The committee may also study other areas of the CHINS process which are determined to be in furtherance of the committee's objectives.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2000.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.