Revision: March 21, 2024, 10:27 a.m.
HB 1056 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
21Mar2024... 0995h
2024 SESSION
24-2382
05/08
HOUSE BILL 1056
AN ACT relative to child day care licensing.
SPONSORS: Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 18; Rep. Berry, Hills. 39; Rep. Ball, Rock. 25; Rep. J. Nelson, Rock. 13; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Childcare
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends the definition of a child day care agency by establishing certain limited exceptions in which a child may remain in day care for more than 13 hours.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2024... 0995h 24-2382
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to child day care licensing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Day Care Licensing; Definition of Child Day Care Agency. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 170-E:2, IV to read as follows:
IV. "Child day care agency" means any person, corporation, partnership, voluntary association or other organization, either established for profit or otherwise, which regularly receives for child day care one or more children, unrelated to the operator or staff of the agency. The total number of hours in which a child may remain in child day care shall not exceed 13 hours per day, except in emergencies, or situations when the parents or guardians are working over 13 hours during a 24-hour period, or parents or guardians are deployed during the weekend by the military. The types of child day care agencies are defined as follows:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.