RSA 21-M:16-a Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee.

I. There is hereby established the domestic violence fatality review committee within the department of justice to conduct comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews of deaths related to domestic violence for the purpose of preventing domestic violence related fatalities through the identification of barriers to victim safety, the evaluation of the response by law enforcement and other government and non-government agencies and service delivery systems, and the creation of recommendations to improve the systemic and community response to domestic violence.
II. For the purpose of this section, a "domestic violence fatality" means a death which arises as a result of domestic violence as defined in RSA 173-B, RSA 631:2-b, or a fatality that, in the sole discretion of the domestic v