Bill Text - HB1275 (2018)

Relative to the placement of minors at the Sununu Youth Drug Treatment Center.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 9:49 a.m.

HB 1275 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2047

05/01

 

HOUSE BILL 1275

 

AN ACT relative to the placement of minors at the Sununu Youth Drug Treatment Center.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Elliott, Rock. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the juvenile justice advisory board, in consultation with the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery, to develop a procedure for minors revived with Narcan to be referred for treatment at the Sununu youth drug treatment center.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2047

05/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the placement of minors at the Sununu Youth Drug Treatment Center.

 

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

 

1  Juvenile Justice Advisory Board; Development of Procedure for Placement of Minors at the Sununu Youth Drug Treatment Center.  The juvenile justice advisory board, in consultation with the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery, established in RSA 12-J, shall develop a procedure for a minor who has been revived with Narcan administered by a first responder to be referred for treatment and/or placement at the youth drug treatment center located at the Sununu youth services center, established pursuant to 2017, 156:166.  The juvenile justice advisory board shall include its findings and recommendations regarding the referral process in the advisory board's December 2020 biennial report to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the governor, and the following legislative committees: the house children and family law committee, the house criminal justice and safety committee, and the senate judiciary committee.

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