HB 384 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 384
AN ACT requiring parental consent prior to a mental health examination in public schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 10; Rep. Comerford, Rock 33; Rep. Sandblade, Hills 18; Rep. Jones, Straf 24
This bill requires school personnel to obtain parental consent prior to conducting a mental health examination of any child enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0152
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT requiring parental consent prior to a mental health examination in public schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Health and Sanitation; Mental Health Examinations. Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 32 the following new section:
200:32-a Mental Health Examinations. No school personnel shall conduct a mental health examination of any child enrolled of a public elementary or secondary school in this state without the permission of the child’s parents or legal guardian.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.