HB415 (2011) Detail

Relative to access to abuse and neglect investigation records pending a child custody dispute.


HB 415 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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05/04

HOUSE BILL 415

AN ACT relative to access to abuse and neglect investigation records pending a child custody dispute.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 5

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a parent to have access to abuse and neglect investigation records pending a child custody dispute.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0846

05/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to access to abuse and neglect investigation records pending a child custody dispute.

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

1 Department of Health and Human Services; Access to Case Records. Amend RSA 170-G:8-a, II(a)(2) to read as follows:

(2) The parent of the child named in the case record, as defined in RSA 169-C:3, XXI; provided that, the case record and any third party records in the possession of the department shall be provided to the parent if, in a proceeding under RSA 461-A, the parent’s access to his or her children has been restricted or limited as the result of an investigation of abuse or neglect under RSA 169-C.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.