Bill Text: NH HB162 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to supported decision making.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 15; eff: 07/03/2023 [HB162 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB162-Enrolled.html
HB 162 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
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2023 SESSION
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04/10
HOUSE BILL 162
AN ACT relative to supported decision making.
SPONSORS: Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill makes technical corrections to the supported decision-making law in RSA 464-D:7.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to supported decision making.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Supported Decision Making; Form and Content of Valid Agreement. Amend RSA 464-D:7, III and the introductory paragraph of RSA 464-D:7, IV to read as follows:
III. A supported decision-making agreement is only valid if all of the following occur:
(a) The agreement is in a writing that contains the elements of the form contained in RSA 464-D:16.
(b) [[Omitted.]
(c)] The agreement is dated.
[(d)] (c) The agreement is signed in the presence of 2 adult witnesses, or before a notary public, justice of the peace, or commissioner of deeds.
[(e)] (d) Each party to the agreement has signed the agreement voluntarily and with an understanding of the nature and effect of the agreement.
IV. The 2 adult witnesses required by subparagraph [III(d)] III(c) may not be any of the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
