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Advocates urge committee to fund SB 463 right‑to‑counsel for children in residential placement; committee debated staffing and phased rollout
Summary
Advocates from the Disability Rights Center and the Children’s Law Center urged House Finance Division 3 to fund Senate Bill 463, which would grant children in residential placement a right to counsel; committee members questioned the size of the staff increase DCYF said the bill would require.
Public comment at the end of the Division 3 work session focused on Senate Bill 463 (SB 463), the bill establishing a right to counsel for children in residential placement.
Karen Rosenberg, policy director at the Disability Rights Center, and Lisa Wolford, executive director of the Children’s Law Center of New Hampshire, urged lawmakers to restore funding for the bill in the budget and noted the bill previously passed both chambers. Wolford summarized the committee’s prior deliberations and the amendment that phased in counsel to address committee concerns about…
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