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RSA 21-V:4 · Access to Information and Facilities

Title
I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter
21-V · OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE
Status
current
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21-V:4 Access to Information and Facilities. –

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I.

The office shall have access to the following information:

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(a)

All case records, all third party records, including the healthcare records of any child receiving services from an executive agency, and all records submitted to the courts.

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(b)

Executive agencies' policies and procedures, including draft policies and procedures.

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(c)

Executive agencies' records or reports, including draft records and reports.

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(d)

Autopsy reports from the chief medical examiner, which shall be provided in a timely manner upon the request of the child advocate.

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II.

The office shall be entitled to prompt electronic access to division records within the scope of its mission.

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III.

The office, in performance of its duties under this chapter, may communicate privately with any child or person who has received, is receiving, or should have received services from the state. Such communications shall be confidential and not be subject to disclosure except as provided in RSA 21-V:5. Source. 2020, 26:9, eff. Sept. 18, 2020. 2022, 316:3, eff. July 31, 2022.

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Source note

Source. 2020, 26:9, eff. Sept. 18, 2020. 2022, 316:3, eff. July 31, 2022.

Source history

  • 2020, 26:9, eff. Sept. 18, 2020
  • 2022, 316:3, eff. July 31, 2022

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  • 2024 HB120 reference

    ervices shall submit quarterly progress reports to the joint legislative oversight committee on health and human services, established by RSA 126-A:13, and to the office of the child advocate established under RSA 21-V beginning on or before May 1, 2023 until such time as the facility is operational. Each quarterly report shall include a statement indicating whether the reported progress is sufficient to meet the June 30, 20

  • 2024 HB120 reference

    . (h) Real-time access by the office of the child advocate, as established in RSA 21-V:4, II, to the electronic case management system used by the facility, regular access to youth placed in the facility under RSA 21-V:4, III, and video surveillance and general access to the facility pursuant to RSA 21-V:2, VII. (i) Physical and personal security to maintain safety of staff and residents as well as public safety externally. V.