Revision: Jan. 4, 2025, 10:23 p.m.
HB 180 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0162
05/06
HOUSE BILL 180
AN ACT relative to critical incident stress management teams.
SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill revises training requirements for critical incident stress management teams and permits the team leader to designate team members.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0162
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to critical incident stress management teams.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Critical Incident Intervention and Management. Amend RSA 153-A:17-a, II to read as follows:
II.(a) Team members shall undergo [and sustain certification standards] initial training set forth in guidelines established by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) approved by the commissioner of the department of safety, or a similar organization for which the commissioner shall not unreasonably withhold approval. The team shall be registered with [ICISF, or a similar organization and] the commissioner of safety[,] and maintain training standards to date as required.
(b) All critical incident stress management team members, sworn, civilian, or retired, shall be designated by the team leader, police chief, sheriff, director of the division of state police, fire chief, commissioner of the department of corrections, superintendent of county corrections, chief of emergency medical services, director of the division of emergency services and communications, or head of a union of emergency response/public safety workers as defined by RSA 281-A:2, V-c.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.