Bill Text: NH HB513 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to complaint investigation procedures of the guardian ad litem board.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-28 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/28/2016; Senate Journal 15 [HB513 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB513-Amended.html
HB 513 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
6Jan2016... 2001h
2015 SESSION
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09/06
HOUSE BILL 513
AN ACT relative to complaint investigation procedures of the guardian ad litem board.
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill make changes in the investigation and dismissal procedures of the guardian ad litem board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Jan2016... 2001h 15-0703
09/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to complaint investigation procedures of the guardian ad litem board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Guardian Ad Litem Board; Complaint Investigation Procedures. RSA 490-C:4, I(g) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(g) Investigate and resolve complaints against certified guardians ad litem, and against formerly certified guardians ad litem who are claimed to have engaged in acts or omissions prohibited when certified. In acting on complaints, the board may resolve complaints by agreement and may refer a complaint to the appropriate court for investigation, resolution, or other action. Such referral may be made regardless of whether the allegation or complaint relates to a case which is then pending in court and may be made in lieu of or in addition to any investigatory or disciplinary procedures that the board may itself be authorized to pursue.
(h) Dismiss complaints against certified guardians ad litem without prejudice when the complaint relates to a trial or judicial proceeding in progress, unless the board for good cause votes to proceed immediately with such complaint. When the board dismisses a complaint because the complaint relates to a trial or judicial proceeding in progress, the board shall inform the complainant that he or she may bring the complaint to the attention of the court that appointed the guardian ad litem and that the complainant may resubmit the complaint to the board at the conclusion of the trial or judicial proceeding.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
