HB 1409 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2630
05/08
HOUSE BILL 1409
AN ACT relative to child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits the parent of a child subject to restraint or seclusion in violation of RSA 126-U to request an administrative hearing with the department of education or 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2630
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Sections; Child Restraint Practices; Administrative Hearing. Amend RSA 126-U by inserting after section 14 the following new sections:
126-U:15 Department of Education; Administrative Hearing. Upon information that a school has failed to comply with the requirements of this chapter regarding the restraint or seclusion of a child, the child's parent or legal guardian may file a request with the department of education for an administrative due process hearing to be held in accordance with RSA 541-A. The hearing shall be in addition to any other right or remedy available under state or federal law, and shall be in addition to the complaint procedure described in RSA 126-U:8, I.
126-U:16 Department of Health and Human Services; Administrative Hearing. Upon information that a facility has failed to comply with the requirements of this chapter regarding the restraint or seclusion of a child, the child's parent or legal guardian may file a request with the department of health and human services for an administrative due process hearing to be held in accordance with RSA 541-A. The hearing shall be in addition to any other right or remedy available under state or federal law, and shall be in addition to the complaint procedure described in RSA 126-U:9, I.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 20, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 6, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
March 6, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 23
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 20-0; CC)
March 6, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/06/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 13
Feb. 20, 2018: Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 207
Jan. 23, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/23/2018 10:30 AM LOB 207
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 9