Bill Text - HB526 (2017)

Relative to rules relating to prison rehabilitation programs and inmate health.


Revision: Jan. 26, 2017, 9:51 a.m.

HB 526 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0756

04/10

 

HOUSE BILL 526

 

AN ACT relative to rules relating to prison rehabilitation programs and inmate health.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Patten, Merr. 17; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill amends a provision of the department of corrections rulemaking authority relating to standards for the management and operation of rehabilitation programs.  

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0756

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to rules relating to prison rehabilitation programs and inmate health.

 

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

 

1  Department of Corrections; Rulemaking.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 21-H:13, III to read as follows:

III.  Standards for the management and operation of rehabilitation related programs to best serve the inmate population and to facilitate sentence reductions, including, but not limited to:

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