HB 1707-FN (2020): expanding the family-centered early supports and services (FCESS) program to children under the age of 3 who are born substance-exposed.

HB 1707-FN (2020)

expanding the family-centered early supports and services (FCESS) program to children under the age of 3 who are born substance-exposed.

• Status: Died on the table
• Term: 2019-2020
• House committee: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
• Senate committee: Health and Human Services
• Subject: Public and Mental Health

The Story

It was introduced on January 8, 2020 and referred to the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs committee. The committee held a public hearing on January 22, 2020. The committee held a work session on February 4, 2020. The committee met in executive session on February 4, 2020 to vote on its recommendation. The committee voted unanimously, 20–0, to recommend that the House pass it with changes (amendment 2020-0447h), and the report was placed on the regular calendar. The committee's amendment (2020-0447h) was adopted on a voice vote on February 19, 2020, changing the text of the bill. On February 19, 2020 the House voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote. It crossed to the Senate on March 11, 2020 and was referred to the Senate Health and Human Services committee. On June 16, 2020 the Senate adopted “Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table” on a voice vote. The bill died on the table under Senate Rule 3-23 at adjournment on September 16, 2020, having been set aside and never taken back up.

Sponsors

• Rep. Joelle Martin (D - Hills 23) (prime sponsor)
• Rep. Mary Jane Wallner (D - Merr 10)
• Rep. Steve Shurtleff (D - Merr 11)
• Rep. Karen Ebel (D - Merr 5)
• Rep. Skip Berrien (D - Rock 18)
• Rep. Mary Jane Mulligan (D - Graf 12)

Hearings and Sessions

• January 22, 2020, 10:00 AM: public hearing, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, LOB 205
• February 4, 2020, 10:00 AM: subcommittee work session, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, LOB 308
• February 4, 2020, 1:00 PM: executive session, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, LOB 205

Votes

• February 19, 2020, House: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-0447h — voice vote, passed
• June 16, 2020, Senate: Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table — voice vote, passed

The Docket

Laws It Would Change

• RSA 171-A

Related Bills

• HB 1162 (2020): relative to adoption and parentage; the office of the child advocate; reimbursement of court ordered services for juveniles; the legal representation of children in the juvenile justice system; the best interest of the child under RSA 169-C and the duties of the oversight commission on children's services; insurance coverage for children's early intervention services; expanding the family-centered early supports and services (FCESS) program to children under the age of 3 who are born substance-exposed; the child abuse and neglect central registry; establishing a kinship navigator program; missing children; dispositional hearings under RSA 169-B; and the rebuttable presumption of harm under the child protection act.
• HB 1162 (2020): relative to adoption and parentage; the office of the child advocate; reimbursement of court ordered services for juveniles; the legal representation of children in the juvenile justice system; the best interest of the child under RSA 169-C and the duties of the oversight commission on children's services; insurance coverage for children's early intervention services; expanding the family-centered early supports and services (FCESS) program to children under the age of 3 who are born substance-exposed; the child abuse and neglect central registry; establishing a kinship navigator program; missing children; dispositional hearings under RSA 169-B; and the rebuttable presumption of harm under the child protection act.

From the General Court

• Bill text
• Bill status page
• Docket
• HC 7, page 23