CHAPTER 179
HB 660 - FINAL VERSION
31jan02...2009h
04/11/02 3269s
2002 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 660
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill requires that, in abuse and neglect cases, the department of health and human services provide the court with an explanation of why an out-of-home placement is required and why in-home supports are insufficient to protect the child.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
31jan02...2009h
04/11/02 3269s
01-0267
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to out-of-home placements in juvenile abuse and neglect cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
179:1 New Paragraph; Child Protection Act; Adjudicatory Hearing; Out-of-Home Placement. Amend RSA 169-C:18 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. The department's dispositional report shall include:
(a) A description of efforts made by the department to avoid the need for placement and an explanation of why these efforts were unsuccessful.
(b) An explanation why the child cannot be protected from the identified problems in the home even if services are provided to the child and family.
179:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 15, 2002)
(Effective Date: July 14, 2002)