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HB263: relative to department of health and human services family reunification practices involving convicted sex offenders.
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Sponsors
- Sean Morrison House · Rock 9
- Scott Wallace House · Rock 33
- Chris True House · Rock 4
- Debra Altschiller House · Rock 19
- Doucette House · Rock 8
- Murphy House · Hills 21
- Chase House · Straf 18
- Joseph Guthrie House · Rock 13
- Susan Ford House · Graf 3
- Sharon M. Carson Senate · Dist 14
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Children and family law Health care
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HB 263 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
19Mar2019... 1029h
2019 SESSION
19-0417
05/04
HOUSE BILL 263
AN ACT relative to department of health and human services family reunification practices involving convicted sex offenders.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the court in an abuse and neglect proceeding from ordering family reunification or placement with a parent or guardian who is a tier III sex offender, convicted of a sexual offense against a child.
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19Mar2019... 1029h 19-0417
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to department of health and human services family reunification practices involving convicted sex offenders.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Protection Act; Reunification Prohibited. Amend RSA 169-C:23 to read as follows:
169-C:23 Standard for Return of Child in Placement.
I. In the absence of a guardianship of the person of the minor, governed by the terms of RSA 463, before a child in out-of-home placement is returned to the custody of his or her [parents, the parent or parents] parent, the parent shall demonstrate to the court that:
[I. They are] (a) He or she is in compliance with the outstanding dispositional court order;
[II.] (b) The child will not be endangered in the manner adjudicated on the initial petition, if returned home;
[III.] (c) Return of custody is in the best interests of the child. Upon showing the ability to provide proper parental care, it shall be presumed that a return of custody is in the child's best interests.
II. In no case shall the court order family reunification or placement with a parent or guardian who is a tier III offender, convicted of a sexual offense against a child as defined in RSA 651-B:1. Nor shall the permanency plan for a child in placement involve family reunification or placement with a parent or guardian who is a tier III offender, convicted of a sexual offense against a child as defined in RSA 651-B:1. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as conferring any rights on a parent or guardian who is a tier I or tier II offender, convicted of a sexual offense against a child as defined in RSA 651-B:1.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.