Revision: March 2, 2022, 8:53 a.m.
Rep. Yokela, Rock. 33
March 2, 2022
2022-0912h
07/04
Floor Amendment to HB 1280
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Termination of Parental Rights; Grounds for Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship; Decision to Vaccinate Prohibited. Amend RSA 170-C:5, II to read as follows:
II. That, although the parents are financially able, they have substantially and continuously neglected to provide the child with necessary subsistence, education or other care necessary for his mental, emotional, or physical health or have substantially and continuously neglected to pay for such subsistence, education or other care when legal custody is lodged with others; provided, however, it shall not be grounds for the termination of the parent-child relationship for the sole reason the parent of said child relies upon spiritual means through prayer in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing in lieu of medical treatment for the healing of said child. A parent's decision not to have their child vaccinated pursuant to an order of the state or federal government or any agency or person of the same shall not be used as grounds to terminate parental rights.