HB178: relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities.

CHAPTER 117

HB 178 - FINAL VERSION

2025 SESSION

25-0159

11/09

HOUSE BILL 178

AN ACT relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Selig, Straf. 10; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Elberger, Hills. 5; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill deletes erroneously inserted language regarding child representation to clarify the statute's meaning.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0159

11/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities.

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

117:1 Foster Children With Disabilities; Representation. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 186-C:14-a, I to read as follows:

I. A foster parent or parents may be appointed by the commissioner of the department of education [that he or she has the knowledge and skills to represent the child adequately in services] or designee, or by the director of a child placing agency licensed under RSA 170-E that has placed the child with the foster parent or parents, to make educational decisions on behalf of a foster child for the duration of the foster placement, provided that:

117:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 24, 2025

Effective Date: August 23, 2025