establishing a developmental services oversight commission; relative to reporting requirements regarding the death of a child in residential care; and relative to the registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.

Summary

The bill creates a new 13‑member commission to monitor health and safety in New Hampshire’s developmental services system and to make policy recommendations. It also updates the fatality review committee for incapacitated and vulnerable adults, requires residential providers to report child deaths within seven days, and sets up a confidential, seven‑year registry of founded abuse, neglect, or exploitation reports against caregivers of vulnerable adults. These changes aim to improve oversight, transparency, and protection for people receiving developmental services and children in institutional care.

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