HB 231 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
20Mar2025... 0603h
2025 SESSION
25-0283
11/09
HOUSE BILL 231
SPONSORS: Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. Dunn, Rock. 16; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Love, Rock. 13; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 18; Sen. Innis, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires school districts to create a policy prohibiting school district personnel from transporting any student who is a minor for any medical, mental health, or health-related procedures, appointments, or visits without knowledge and approval of a parent or guardian unless he or she is following a published school district emergency health or medical protocol or policy.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20Mar2025... 0603h 25-0283
11/09
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 New Paragraph; Policy; Transport for Medical and Health-Related Appointments. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph IX-e the following new paragraph:
IX-f. Require School Districts to Adopt a Policy Prohibiting Transportation for Medical and Health-Related Appointments. A school district shall adopt a policy prohibiting any school district personnel from transporting a minor or accompanying a minor during transport, except emergency transport by ambulance, for a medical appointment, mental health appointment or visit that includes any type of mental health evaluation, treatment, or counseling, or any other health-related appointment or visit, without the knowledge and approval of the minor's parent or guardian, unless he or she is following a published school district emergency health or medical emergency protocol or policy.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.