Revision: Jan. 25, 2011, midnight
HB 415 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.