Revision: Oct. 26, 2023, 8:37 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2685.0
05/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to limiting publication of child care center violations.
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not publish specific child care center licensing violations unless the violation pertains to the safety or wellbeing of a child.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2685.0
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to limiting publication of child care center violations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Record of Investigatory and Monitoring Visits. Amend RSA 170-E:10, II to read as follows:
II. Information submitted in the application process shall be private, confidential, and not available for review. However, the license itself, [the findings] a summary of investigatory and monitoring visits, and final decisions relative to licensure of the child day care agency shall be considered public information, posted on the department's website, and available for review by members of the public. [The findings] A summary of investigatory and monitoring visits and final decisions relative to licensure shall be posted on the department's website not less than 21 business days from the date of the finding or decision, and shall be available on the website for a period of 3 years. Notwithstanding the forgoing, specific rule violations shall not be published on the department's website unless the violation pertains to the safety or wellbeing of a child.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.