HB 177 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0158
02/11
HOUSE BILL177
AN ACTrelative to children in placement pursuant to an episode of treatment for which the department of health and human services has a financial responsibility.
SPONSORS:Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Raymond, Hills. 5; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10
COMMITTEE:Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill makes the department of health and human services financially responsible for children undergoing an episode of treatment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0158
02/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTrelative to children in placement pursuant to an episode of treatment for which the department of health and human services has a financial responsibility.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Liability for Children With Disabilities in Certain Court Ordered Placements. Amend RSA 186-C:19-b, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) As used in this section "children in placement for which the department of health and human services has financial responsibility" means all children receiving special education or special education and related services whose placements were made pursuant to RSA 169-B, 169-C, [or] 169-D, or 193:27, VII, except children placed in a state facility for detained or adjudicated youth.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.