§ 21-V:4 — Access to Information and Facilities

I. The office shall have access to the following information:
(a) All case records, all third party records, including the healthcare records of any child receiving services from an executive agency, and all records submitted to the courts.
(b) Executive agencies' policies and procedures, including draft policies and procedures.
(c) Executive agencies' records or reports, including draft records and reports.
(d) Autopsy reports from the chief medical examiner, which shall be provided in a timely manner upon the request of the child advocate.
II. The office shall be entitled to prompt electronic access to division records within the scope of its mission.
III. The office, in performance of its duties under this chapter, may communicate privately with any child or person who has received, is receiving, or should have received services from the state. Such communications shall be confidential and not be subject to disclosure except as provided in RSA 21-V:5.

Legislative History

2020, 26:9, eff. Sept. 18, 2020. 2022, 316:3, eff. July 31, 2022.