CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A House committee has endorsed a plan to allow more information to both enter and exit New Hampshire’s new office of the child advocate.
Lawmakers created the office last year as part of larger effort to reform New Hampshire’s Division of Children, Youth and Families, which has been under scrutiny since two toddlers were killed in 2014 and 2015. The House Children and Family Law Committee on Tuesday unanimously backed a bill aimed at strengthening it.
Currently, only a handful of people are authorized to initiate investigations by the office. The proposed changes would let anyone bring a complaint, and would also give the office authority to communicate with teachers, health care providers and others who care for children, and to share some information with the public in limited circumstances.
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