SB 254 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
1May2025... 1548h
2025 SESSION
25-0625
09/02
SENATE BILL 254
SPONSORS: Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Nagel, Belk. 6
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill removes the requirement that controlled substance inventories be done in the odd-numbered year.
This bill further amends the requirements for a criminal history records check for educational decision-making surrogate parents, and makes certain criminal offenses disqualifying.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
1May2025... 1548h 25-0625
09/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Controlled Drug Act; Records to be Kept. Amend RSA 318-B:12, III to read as follows:
III. Practitioners including physicians, podiatrists, dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, advanced practice registered nurses, manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, clinics, hospitals, laboratories, and any other person required by federal law to conduct biennial controlled substance inventories, shall do so in accordance with 21 U.S.C. section 1304.11(c) inventory requirements [every odd-numbered year]. The pharmacy board, established in RSA 318:2, may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the board's responsibility for ensuring compliance with this paragraph.
2 Special Education; Surrogate Parents. Amend RSA 186-C:14, III-a to read as follows:
III-a.(a) The department shall complete a criminal history records check of each surrogate parent [as it would a credentialing applicant pursuant to RSA 189:13-c]. The department shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the procedures for conducting criminal history records checks of surrogate parents.
(b) The criminal history records check of a surrogate parent shall be valid for a period of 5 years from the day they are deemed qualified by the department to serve as a surrogate parent.
(c) The department shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this paragraph. The department shall destroy all criminal history record information within 60 days of receiving said information.
(d) The department may require the surrogate parent applicant to pay the actual costs of the criminal history records check.
III-b.(a) The surrogate parent applicant shall submit to the department a criminal history records release form, as provided by the division of state police, which authorizes the division of state police to conduct a criminal history records check through its state records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to release a report of the surrogate parent applicant’s criminal history record information, including confidential criminal history record information, to the background check coordinator of the department, as described in?RSA 21-N:8-a, I-a.
(b) The surrogate parent applicant shall submit with the release form a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency or an authorized employee of the department of education. In the event that the first set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, a second set of fingerprints shall be taken in order to complete the criminal history records check. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the department may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, accept police clearance from every city, town, or county where an applicant or candidate has lived during the past 5 years.
(c) Any person who has been charged pending disposition for or convicted of any violation or attempted violation of?RSA 318-B:2?for possession of a controlled drug with the intent to sell, felony level, within the last 10 years,?RSA 630:1; 630:1-a; 630:1-b; 630:2; 631:1; 632-A:2; 632-A:3; 632-A:4; 633:1; 633:7; 639:2; 639:3; 645:1, II or III; 645:2; 649-A:3; 649-A:3-a; 649-A:3-b; 649-B:3; or 649-B:4; or any violation or any attempted violation of? RSA 650:2?where the act involves a child in material deemed obscene in this state, or under any statute prohibiting the same conduct in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, shall not qualify for selection as a surrogate parent.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| April 9, 2025 | 2025-1548h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 27, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
May 8, 2025: Sen. Rochefort Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
May 1, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1548h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13
May 1, 2025: Amendment # 2025-1548h (NT): AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13
April 21, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1548h 04/17/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 22 P. 9
April 21, 2025: Executive Session: 04/17/2025 10:15 am LOB 306-308
April 9, 2025: Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-1548h: 04/17/2025 10:15 am LOB 306-308
April 9, 2025: Public Hearing: 04/17/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
March 28, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 113
March 27, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
March 19, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14
March 5, 2025: Hearing: 03/12/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 12
Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3