Bill Text: NH HB1531 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Repealing certain statutory commissions relating to children.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-29 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 266; eff. 06/24/2022 House Journal 14 [HB1531 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1531-Amended.html
HB 1531-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
16Feb2022... 0597h
04/21/2022 1563s
2022 SESSION
22-2397
07/05
HOUSE BILL 1531-FN-A
SPONSORS: Rep. Cornell, Hills. 18; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill repeals 2 study commissions relative to children, the commission on grandfamilies and the commission to review child abuse fatalities, as well as adds 4 members to the oversight commission on children's services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Feb2022... 0597h
04/21/2022 1563s 22-2397
07/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 170-G:17-b, relative to the commission to study grandfamilies in New Hampshire.
II. RSA 169-C:39-k, relative to the commission to review child abuse fatalities.
2 Oversight Commission on Children's Services; Members Added. Amend RSA 21-V:10, I to read as follows:
I. There shall be an oversight commission on children's services, which shall consist of the following members:
(a) Two members of the senate, appointed by the senate president.
(b) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(c) Four members representing the executive branch, appointed by the governor.
(d) Two members representing the judicial branch, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court.
(e) Two representatives of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, one of whom serves as chief of police for a city and one of whom serves as chief of police for a town.
(f) Two members of child advocacy organizations, appointed by the senate president.
(g) Two members of child advocacy organizations, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(h) An individual who was formerly a recipient of child protection, juvenile justice, or voluntary services through the division, appointed by the governor.
(i) An individual who has served or is serving as a foster parent, appointed by the governor.
(j) One representative of Waypoint, appointed by that organization.
(k) One representative from the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Hampshire, appointed by that organization.
(l) One representative of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, appointed by that organization.
(m) One member of the Parenting a Second Time Around support group, appointed by the YMCA of Greater Londonderry.
3 Oversight Commission on Children's Services; Quorum. Amend RSA 21-V:10, IV to read as follows:
IV. The oversight commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. [Nine] Eleven members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
22-2397
Amended 3/11/22
HB 1531-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2022-0597h)
AN ACT modifies the oversight commission on children's services.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None
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METHODOLOGY:
The Office of the Legislative Budget Assistant states that, as amended, this bill will have no fiscal impact.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
None
