CHAPTER 279
SB 74 - FINAL VERSION
3/29/01...0413s
6/26/01...1711-CofC
2001 SESSION
05/09
SENATE BILL 74
AN ACT relative to providing services under the Child Protection Act.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gordon, Dist 2; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Rep. Grassie, Straf 19; Rep. Arnold, Hills 20; Rep. K. Hutchinson, Rock 29
This bill permits the department of health and human services, within the context of an abuse and neglect proceeding, to provide services to children and families pursuant to a voluntary service plan without making a determination of the person or persons responsible for the abuse or neglect.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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6/26/01...1711-CofC
01-1047
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to providing services under the Child Protection Act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
279:1 New Paragraph; Duties of the Bureau of Children; Voluntary Service Plan. Amend RSA 169-C:34 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may, pursuant to a voluntary service plan that is developed and provided for a minor and the minor's family by the department, offer voluntary services to families without making a determination of the person or persons apparently responsible for the abuse or neglect. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the provision of voluntary services under this paragraph.
279:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
(Approved: July 16, 2001)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2002)