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HB231

House · 2025 sessionRepublicanSigned into law

Parental consent for student medical transport

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Requires school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting personnel from transporting minor students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without a parent or guardian's knowledge and approval, unless following an emergency protocol.

(New Title) prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without parental consent.Official record

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Status

Signed into law · May 21, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✓House
  3. ✓Senate
  4. ✓Governor
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Cheryl Hinckley
for Myself
Hollis

3 parents need to testify

Support
Suzanne Butler
for Myself
Chichester

No school does this! What a waste of time this bill is. Fix the real problems in this state.

Oppose
Hilary Hamer
for Myself
Dover

As a healthcare provider, I support HB231. Requiring parental consent for transport ensures parents are fully informed and have consented to their minor child's care. My office has frequently encountered situations where minors are transported by school staff to appointments without any documentation of parental consent for either the appointment itself or subsequent medical care. This practice is inefficient, wasting the time of school staff, the patient, and our medical office. Ensuring parental awareness of both the transport and the scheduled medical appointment, along with their authorization for treatment, is a crucial first step.

Support
Donna Peterson
for Myself
Loudon

Dear members of theHouse Education Policy and Administration Committee, Please vote OTP on HB231. Schools should not be transporting students to medical procedures without parental consent. Our Constitution protects and recognizes the authority of parents over their children's upbringing, education and health care decisions. This is in direct violation of parents' Constitutional rights. Thanks in advance for voting OTP on this bill!

Support
Brenna Stapp
for Myself
auburn

As a physician in the state, this is not an actual issue of concern. Parental consent is required for medical treatment of a minor and schools would notify parents/guardians of any anticipated transport of a student off school property. If this was misconstrued, it could lead to restricting emergent transport of a student to a medical facility (ie: ambulance transport in the event of an anaphylactic reaction or significant injury) - I oppose this bill.

Oppose
Elizabeth Downs
for Myself
Dover

This bill is dictating how specific people can use their private vehicles and is a serious government overreach. It doesn't state that this only applies during work hours or when school is in session. This bill would bar school district employees from transporting anyone under 18 to any medical appointment, even on their free time, and even when those appointments are otherwise lawful and/or made by the minor's parents. If a parent makes a minor a health appointment (and the minor is lawfully allowed to attend on their own), and their transportation to that appointment falls through, this minor would not be allowed to access transportation from a trusted neighbor, friend, or relative, who happens to work in the school district. Further, there are circumstances in which minors can consent to their own treatment. This law aims at eliminating a safe transportation option in those circumstances and increases the risk to minors by making them seek alternative, and perhaps less safe, modes of transportation to their health/medical appointments. It also bars these employees from "accompanying such minor during transport." This could include riding in a car driven by someone else who is bringing a minor to an appointment, even if the school district employee has no knowledge that the minor is going to a medical appointment. This is scary overreach and is a slippery slope for our "Live Free or Die" state.

Oppose
Karen Chase
for Myself
Hanover

This is a totally ridiculous bill and a waste of legislative time that could be spent on more important issues. Do the sponsors of this bill really think school personnel are busing children to a medical appointments.? This bill feels and sounds a lot like the crazy belief of kids receiving gender reassignments by going to school. Stop with the damn dog whistles. OPPOSE this bill.

Oppose
Timothy Finney
for Myself
Bridgewater

No one should be allowed to transport any students anywhere without parental or guardian consent, unless it's a life or death, or loss of limb medical emergency.

Support
Taylor Barry
for Myself
Nashua

HB231 is extremely necessary. In my twelve years in the New Hampshire public school system, I have not once heard about a teacher bringing a student to a medical appointment without the approval of the student's parent or guardian. HB231 is based upon nothing but fear mongering. That has no place in politics.

Oppose
James Gardner
for Myself
Keene

I urge you to support this bill as parents NEED to be involved with ANY and ALL medical or health-related procedures or appointments for their children. School district personnel are NOT these children's parents and SHALL NOT be influencing or making these decisions for them.

Support
Lisa Dudgeon
for Myself
Londonderry

This is a dumb bill. This has NEVER happened - not in New Hampshire, not anywhere. Why are we wasting time on this?

Oppose
Eric Emmerling
for Myself
Goffstown

A complete and total waste of time. Paranoia isn't necessary. Common sense works fine here, thanks. No need for unnecessary litigation with the potential of unintended consequences.

Oppose
Allison DeCesere
for Myself
Goffstown

This is just another bill to scare parents as if teachers are constantly taking their students to see medical professionals. It's fear mongering and completely unnecessary.

Oppose
Mark Haley
for Myself
Keene

This is more posturing by the anti-trans crowd. This is not a thing that happens, and they're proposing this bill to incrementally encroach on the rights of trans people in this state.

Oppose
Terri Malcolm
for Myself
Hampstead

Absolutely stupid! No school personnel is taking children to have procedures done !! A ridiculous bill!!

Oppose
Brie Lohnes
for Myself
Sandown

No one is doing this. This bill is a waste of time.

Oppose
Rosemary Emrich
for Myself
Hooksett

This is fear mongering and not necessary, and sounds an awful lot like ridiculous statements about kids getting gender reassignment surgeries at school.

Oppose
Ian Emrich
for Myself
Hooksett

This is fear mongering and unnecessary

Oppose
Heather Scalera
for Myself
Nashua

This is foolishness and absolutely unnecessary legislation.

Oppose
Jacqueline Jacqueline
for Myself
Hampstead

I oppose this bill. It is ridiculous. Is it retired teacher this would never happen within a school system.

Oppose
Stephanie Corbin
for Myself
Bow

Literally no one is doing this! A made up law to fear monger.

Oppose
Kristyn Anderson
for Myself
Derry

This is a waste of time, no one is doing this. If someone did this, they would be fired. This bill is useless. Stop the waste.

Oppose
Sophia Sheehan
for Myself
Manchester

This is a ridiculous thing and doesn’t need to be turned into a law and is an inappropriate and waste of time

Oppose
Jessica Sherman
for Myself
Bedford

Parental consent is already required for medical procedures. It could cause unnecessary delays in treatment.

Oppose
Linda Henderson
for Myself
MONT VERNON

The only fix to the unconstitutional banned concepts law is to repeal it.

Oppose