Revision: Sept. 25, 2023, 10:49 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2053.0
02/05
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the use of child restraints in schools.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires video and audio monitoring and recording of restraint and seclusion incidents, and requires parental notification prior to the use of seclusion or restraints if practicable.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2053.0
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the use of child restraints in schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Conditions of Seclusion. Amend RSA 126-U:5-b, II to read as follows:
II. Each use of seclusion shall be directly and continuously visually and [auditorially] auditorily monitored by a person trained in the safe use of seclusion. As soon as practicable, each use of seclusion shall be visually and auditorily recorded.
2 Child Restraint Practices; Notice and Record-Keeping Requirements. Amend RSA 126-U:7, I to read as follows:
I. Unless prohibited by court order, the facility or school shall[,] make reasonable efforts to verbally notify the child's parent or guardian and guardian ad litem [whenever] prior to the use of, and immediately after seclusion or restraint has been used on the child. Such notification shall be made as soon as practicable and in no event later than the time of the return of the child to the parent or guardian or the end of the business day, whichever is earlier. Notification shall be made in a manner calculated to give the parent or guardian actual notice of the incident at the earliest practicable time.
3 New Subparagraph; Notice and Record-Keeping Requirements. Amend RSA 126-U:7, II by inserting after subparagraph (m) the following new subparagraph:
(n) A physical or digital copy of any recording of the occurrence.
4 Authorization and Monitoring of Extended Restraint. Amend RSA 126-U:11, II to read as follows:
II. Children in restraint shall be the subject of continuous direct observation by personnel trained in the safe use of restraint. As soon as practicable, each period of restraint shall be visually and auditorily recorded.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.