CHAPTER 85
HB 362 – FINAL VERSION
06Mar2007… 0160h
04/18/07 1242s
2007 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 362
AN ACT relative to the advisory committee on quality of vital records information.
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill clarifies the reporting requirement for the advisory committee on quality of vital records information and adds the secretary of state and state epidemiologist to the committee.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06Mar2007… 0160h
04/18/07 1242s
07-1054
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the advisory committee on quality of vital records information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
85:1 Report by Advisory Committee on Quality of Vital Records Information. Amend RSA 126:24-g to read as follows:
126:24-g Report. Annually, on or after April 30 for birth data, and on or after August 31 for death data, the committee established in RSA 126:24-h shall produce a report on the quality of the prior year’s vital records data, including the completeness of data on events that occurred out of state, based on the final data year reports received from the National Center for Health Statistics for natality and mortality demographic files. The report shall include a statement on the quality and completeness of each element recorded on the statistical forms as they are maintained electronically. The report shall be submitted to the commissioner, or designee, the secretary of state, the registrar of vital records, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate.
85:2 New Subparagraphs; Membership of Advisory Committee on Quality of Vital Records Information; Secretary of State and State Epidemiologist Added. Amend RSA 126:24-h, I by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraphs:
(j) The secretary of state, or designee.
(k) The state epidemiologist, or designee.
85:3 Advisory Committee on Quality of Vital Records Information; Terms. Amend RSA 126:24-h, II to read as follows:
II. The members of the committee shall choose a chairperson by majority vote. Members of the advisory committee shall serve 2-year terms and no member shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms. The members under subparagraphs I(e) through [(i)] (k) shall serve terms coterminous with their terms of office.
85:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 11, 2007
Effective: August 10, 2007