HB 1181 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1181
AN ACT establishing a study committee to examine the costs of private adoption.
SPONSORS: Rep. Leishman, Hills 13
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill establishes a committee to study the costs of private adoption.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2376
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a study committee to examine the costs of private adoption.
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 costs of private adoption.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. The committee shall also solicit input from the governor's office and from the former division of children, youth and families within the department of health and human services as needed.
III. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall examine the costs associated with private adoption, including, but not limited to, possible methods for minimizing such costs and for providing prospective adoptive parents notice of costs involved in a private adoption.
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. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall file an interim report of 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. The committee shall file a final report of 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, 2001.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.