Revision: Dec. 24, 2019, 9:47 a.m.
SB 550 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2829
05/06
SENATE BILL 550
AN ACT relative to investigatory interviews and evaluations under the child protection act.
SPONSORS: Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. Long, Hills. 10; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the court may order a parent, guardian, or other caregiver to produce a child for an interview or evaluation required as part of an investigation of suspected abuse or neglect.
The bill is a request of the 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2829
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to investigatory interviews and evaluations under the child protection act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Child Protection Act; Investigatory Interviews and Evaluations. Amend RSA 169-C by inserting after section 12-e the following new section:
169-C:12-f Investigatory Interviews and Evaluations. The court may order a parent, guardian, custodian, or other caregiver to produce a child for the purpose of an investigatory interview, including a multidisciplinary team interview in accordance with RSA 169-C:34-a or an interview or evaluation by any other expert necessary for the purpose of the investigation of suspected abuse or neglect.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.