New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:34-b – Coordination with Military Authorities
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I. If a report is screened-in for investigation of abuse or neglect, the department shall collect information concerning the military status of the parent or guardian of the child who is the subject of the report and shall share information about the allegation with the appropriate military authorities.
II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the military family advocacy program of a military installation with respect to child abuse and neglect investigations. For the purposes of this section, “military family advocacy program” shall mean the program established by the United States Department of Defense to address child abuse and neglect in military families. Such memorandum of understanding shall establish procedures and protocols for:
(a) Identifying an individual alleged to have committed abuse or neglect as military personnel;
(b) Reporting to a military family advocacy program when an investigation implicating military personnel has been initiated; and
(c) Maintaining confidentiality requirements under state and federal law.
II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the military family advocacy program of a military installation with respect to child abuse and neglect investigations. For the purposes of this section, “military family advocacy program” shall mean the program established by the United States Department of Defense to address child abuse and neglect in military families. Such memorandum of understanding shall establish procedures and protocols for:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:34-b
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- Child: means any person who has not reached his eighteenth birthday. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Parent: means mother, father, adoptive parent, stepparent, but such term shall not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated by judicial decree or voluntary relinquishment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(a) Identifying an individual alleged to have committed abuse or neglect as military personnel;
(b) Reporting to a military family advocacy program when an investigation implicating military personnel has been initiated; and
(c) Maintaining confidentiality requirements under state and federal law.