Bill Text - HB1711 (2020)

Establishing a committee to study the appeals process for child day care violations.


Revision: Jan. 6, 2020, 1:47 p.m.

HB 1711 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1711

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the appeals process for child day care violations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27; Rep. Fox, Merr. 23; Rep. Acton, Rock. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a committee to study the creation of a neutral appeals process to review violations committed by a child day care agency.

 

This bill is a request of the committee to study issues and impediments to starting, running, and growing home and commercial day care facilities in New Hampshire established in 2019, 173.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the appeals process for child day care violations.

 

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

 

1  Committee Established.  There is established a committee to study the creation of a neutral appeals process to review violations committed by a child day care agency.

2  Membership and Compensation.

I.  The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a)  Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b)  One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II.  Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3  Duties.  The committee shall study the creation of a neutral appeals process to review violations committed by a child day care agency.

4  Chairperson; Quorum.  The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members.  The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member.  The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.  Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5  Report.  The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2020.

6  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.