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Senate committee votes 3-0 not to advance bill to allow pending criminal charges in child-care background checks
Summary
The New Hampshire Senate Children and Family Law Committee voted 3-0 in executive session to recommend against advancing Senate Bill 22, a DHHS-requested measure that would allow the child-care licensing unit to receive pending criminal charges on background checks.
The New Hampshire Senate Children and Family Law Committee voted 3-0 in executive session to recommend not passing Senate Bill 22, a Department of Health and Human Services request that would have allowed the child-care licensing unit to receive pending criminal charges on background checks.
Sen. Howard Pearl, R‑District 17, introduced the bill and said the measure was requested by DHHS to help the childcare licensing unit "get these background checks through" more effectively. Melissa Clement, chief of the Childcare Licensing Unit at DHHS, told the committee the change would let the agency see pending charges so it can evaluate whether an individual should be excluded from working with children.
"The legislation would permit us to receive all charges,…
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