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2024 SESSION
24-3153.0
05/08
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the definition of disability or special needs under the child care scholarship program.
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of health and human services to adopt rules relative to the definition of disability or special needs for purposes of the child care scholarship program and establishes certain criteria for such rules.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3153.0
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the definition of disability or special needs under the child care scholarship program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; New Hampshire Employment Program and Family Assistance Program; Rulemaking; Child Care Scholarship Program. Amend RSA 167:83, II by inserting after subparagraph (q) the following new subparagraph:
(r) The definition of "disability" or "special needs" under the child care scholarship program; provided that such definition shall include any child who displays, or is at risk for, delayed social or emotional development. An eligible child shall not require a formal diagnosis or formal special education code, but rather shall qualify under this category so long as the following provisions are met:
(1) The child undergoes developmental and/or behavioral screening using any standardized and/or approved early childhood screening tool, such as but not limited to the following:
(A) Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ).
(B) Battelle Developmental Inventory Screening Tool, 2nd ed (BDI-ST).
(C) Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screen (BINS).
(D) Brigance Screens-II.
(E) Child Development Inventory (CDI).
(F) Child Development Review-Parent Questionnaire (CDR-PQ).
(G) Denver-II Developmental Screening Test.
(H) Infant Development Inventory.
(I) Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS).
(2) The results of the screening tool indicate a delay, or risk of delay, in any category of social and emotional development.
(3) The child’s child care provider and licensed treating clinician, or other licensed professional as reasonably identified by the department, have verified or otherwise certified the results of the tool.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.