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HB517: relative to background checks for surrogate parents.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 HB517
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Bill details

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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Judiciary
Hearing
05/02/2023 at 01:00 PM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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CHAPTER 88

HB 517 - FINAL VERSION

2023 SESSION

23-0487

05/04

HOUSE BILL 517

AN ACT relative to background checks for surrogate parents.

SPONSORS: Rep. Myler, Merr. 9; Rep. Woodcock, Carr. 1; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 5

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a surrogate parent for special education to undergo a criminal history records check.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0487

05/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to background checks for surrogate parents.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

88:1 New Paragraph; Special Education; Surrogate Parents; Criminal History Records Check. Amend RSA 186-C:14 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a. The department shall complete a criminal history records check of each surrogate parent as it would a credentialing applicant pursuant to RSA 189:13-c. The department shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the procedures for conducting criminal history records checks of surrogate parents.

88:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 20, 2023

Effective Date: August 19, 2023