CHAPTER 157
SB 325 - FINAL VERSION
20april00.....4010h
2000 SESSION
05/10
SENATE BILL 325
AN ACT relative to denial, revocation or suspension of a child care provider license, permit or registration for certain felony convictions.
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill requires denial, revocation or suspension of child care licenses, permits or registrations for felony convictions deemed directly or indirectly harmful to children in child day care.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20april00.....4010h
00-2645
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to denial, revocation or suspension of a child care provider license, permit or registration for certain felony convictions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
157:1 Denial, Revocation or Suspension of Child Care Licenses, Permits or Registrations for Felony Convictions. Amend RSA 170-E:7, IV to read as follows:
IV. If any individual whose name has been submitted for this check has been convicted of a felony offense deemed directly or indirectly harmful to children in child day care, crimes against minors or adults, except crimes as provided in paragraph III, or is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect, the department may deny, revoke, or suspend a license, permit, or registration pending the development and implementation of a corrective action plan approved by the department. In addition, the department may, upon a finding of criminal activity or a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect as described in this paragraph, withhold state funding to registered child day care providers that are exempt from the licensing requirements of RSA 170-E:4 pending the development and implementation of a corrective action plan approved by the department. The department shall conduct an investigation in accordance with rules adopted under this subdivision to determine whether the individual poses a present threat to the safety of children. The investigation shall include an opportunity for the individual to present evidence on his behalf to show that the individual does not pose a threat to the safety of children.
157:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 23, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 22, 2000)