Bill Text: NH SB505 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to residential child care licensing of child care institutions or agencies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Died on Table [SB505 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB505-Introduced.html
SB 505 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2857
05/08
SENATE BILL 505
AN ACT relative to residential child care licensing of child care institutions or agencies.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Rep. Campion, Graf. 12; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 7
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that qualified residential treatment programs accredited under federal law shall be deemed licensed under RSA 170-E.
The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2857
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to residential child care licensing of child care institutions or agencies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Residential Care and Child-Placing Agency Licensing; Deemed Licensed. Amend RSA 170-E by inserting after section 31 the following new section:
170-E:31-a Deemed Licensed. Any qualified residential treatment program accredited by organizations as specified in Title 42 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. section 672(k)(4)(G), as amended, shall submit a completed license application or renewal application. Such child care institutions and child care agencies defined as group homes, specialized care, or homeless youth programs, shall be deemed licensed under this subdivision and shall be exempt from inspections carried out under RSA 170-E:31, IV. This section shall only apply to the activities or portions of the facility or agency accredited under Title 42 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. section 672(k)(4)(G), as amended.
