SB 77-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-1048

11/08

 

SENATE BILL 77-FN

 

AN ACT providing children in delinquency and children in need of services (CHINS) cases the identical types of psychological evaluations as children in child protection matters.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Rep. Manos, Rock. 12; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34

 

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill delineates requirements for psychological evaluations of children placed for evaluation in delinquency and children in need of services proceedings.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-1048

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT providing children in delinquency and children in need of services (CHINS) cases the identical types of psychological evaluations as children in child protection matters.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Section; Delinquent Children; Placement for Evaluation.  Amend RSA 169-B by inserting after section 19-d the following new section:

169-B:19-e  Placement for Evaluation.  Any psychological evaluations, including measures of personality functioning, shall be conducted or supervised by a licensed psychologist with specialized training in the evidence-based treatment of childhood trauma.

2  New Section; Children in Need of Services; Placement for Evaluation.  Amend RSA 169-D by inserting after section 9-d the following new section:

169-D:9-e  Placement for Evaluation.  Any psychological evaluations, including measures of personality functioning, shall be conducted or supervised by a licensed psychologist with specialized training in the evidence-based treatment of childhood trauma.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

25-1048

Revised 1/28/25

 

SB 77-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT providing children in delinquency and children in need of services (CHINS) cases the identical types of psychological evaluations as children in child protection matters.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:   

      The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill will have no fiscal impact.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services