Bill Text: NH HB330 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to child day care monitoring visits by the department of health and human services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/19/2019 House Journal 10 P. 2 [HB330 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB330-Introduced.html
HB 330 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0587
05/01
HOUSE BILL 330
AN ACT relative to child day care monitoring visits by the department of health and human services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Acton, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of health and human services to schedule monitoring visits with a child day care provider at least 5 days prior to the visit.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0587
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to child day care monitoring visits by the department of health and human services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Day Care Licensing; Monitoring Visits. Amend RSA 170-E:8, III to read as follows:
III. The department shall make monitoring visits a minimum of once yearly during each licensing period. [At least one such visit during the licensing period shall be unannounced.] Monitoring visits shall be scheduled with the licensee at least 5 days before the visit. Clear and comprehensive records shall be maintained by the department on each licensed agency showing the dates and findings of each such visit. Such records shall be made available to the child day care agency. If the child day care agency is found not to be in compliance with the statute or with rules adopted by the commissioner, a corrective action plan shall be submitted to the department. Failure to submit an acceptable plan shall result in license suspension, denial, or revocation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
