HB 507 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 507
AN ACT opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons.
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill opens hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0776
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Protection Act; Hearings. Amend RSA 169-C:14 to read as follows:
169-C:14 Hearings Not Open to the Public. The general public shall be excluded from any hearing under this chapter [and such hearing shall, whenever possible, be held in rooms not used for criminal trials.], except for members of the general court and those invited by the accused, otherwise, only [such persons as] the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties shall be admitted.
2 Child Protection Act; Confidentiality. Amend RSA 169-C:25, II to read as follows:
II. It shall be unlawful for any [party] person present during a child abuse or neglect hearing to disclose any information concerning the hearing without the prior permission of the court. Any person who knowingly violates this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.