Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 11:34 a.m.
HB 1203 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2324
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1203
AN ACT expanding the definition of a neglected child to include cases involving sibling violence.
SPONSORS: Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill amends the definition of neglected child under RSA 169-C to include a child who experiences violence directed from one sibling to another.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2324
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT expanding the definition of a neglected child to include cases involving sibling violence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Protect Act; Definition of Neglected Child; Sibling Violence Added. Amend RSA 169-C:3, XIX(b) to read as follows:
(b) Who is without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for the child's physical, mental, or emotional health, including violence directed from one sibling to another, when it is established that the child's health has suffered or is likely to suffer serious impairment; and the deprivation is not due primarily to the lack of financial means of the parents, guardian, or custodian; or
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.