Senate GOP Passes Bill to Require Parents Opt in to Youth Risk Assessment

Senate Approves ‘Bathroom’ Bill, Long-term Power Contracts, Opt-in for Youth Risk Survey

By KATHARINE WEBSTER, InDepthNH.org Despite warnings from members of the Senate Education Committee that federal funds to prevent youth suicide and substance abuse could be at risk, the state Senate voted in favor of a bill requiring parents to opt in before their children can be given a behavioral health survey at school. Although the Senate Education Committee had recommended killing House Bill 446, Republican committee members changed their m…

Senate GOP passes bill to require parents opt in to youth risk assessment

Critics of the legislation said it will effectively make the survey irrelevant.

Senate embraces mandate parents have to 'opt in' for children to take risk survey

A bill that would require parents to have to agree up front to allow their children to take the Youth Behavioral Risk Survey cleared its final hurdle in the state Senate Thursday.