HB1321 (2008) Detail

Relative to the inspection of juvenile detention facilities.


CHAPTER 175

HB 1321 – FINAL VERSION

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2008 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1321

AN ACT relative to the inspection of juvenile detention facilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Moran, Hills 18

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill requires facilities that detain juveniles to permit the department of health and human services, or the department’s designee, to inspect the facilities upon request.

This bill is a request of the department of health and human 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to the inspection of juvenile detention facilities.

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

175:1 Delinquent Children; Inspection of Facilities. Amend RSA 169-B:15-a to read as follows:

169-B:15-a Inspection of Facilities; Lock-up Log[; Establishment and Contents]. Each facility used by law enforcement, county sheriffs, or state police to securely detain minors [must] shall establish a lock-up log for all minors securely detained. The log [must] shall contain the identification number, the charge, the date and time locked in secure detention, the date and time released from secure detention, to whom released, and reason for secure detention. The log shall be kept confidential both by the agency or facility which maintains it and by the department of health and human services, which shall receive copies of the log, January 1 and [June] July 1 of each year, beginning January 1, 1989. To ensure that the requirements of this chapter and of 42 U.S.C. section 5633 are met, any secure or non-secure facility which detains minors shall provide, upon request and in a timely manner, access to the facility for inspection purposes to the department of health and human services jail compliance monitor, or the monitor’s designee. If the facility is required under this section to maintain a log, access to the log shall also be provided.

175:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 11, 2008

Effective Date: August 10, 2008