CHAPTER 60
HB 666-FN – FINAL VERSION
23Jan2008… 2423h
18Mar2008… 0880h
2008 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 666-FN
AN ACT relative to the immunizations included for reimbursement in the animal population control program.
SPONSORS: Rep. O'Connell, Hills 6; Rep. Beaulieu, Hills 17
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill removes certain animal diseases from the list of immunizations eligible for reimbursement under the animal population control program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23Jan2008… 2423h
18Mar2008… 0880h
07-0616
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the immunizations included for reimbursement in the animal population control program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
60:1 Veterinarian Participation. Amend RSA 437-A:4, II (b) to read as follows:
(b) For all animals sterilized under RSA 437-A:3, II, the commissioner shall also reimburse, to the extent funds are available, any licensed veterinarian of this state participating in such program for an examination fee and the presurgical immunization of dogs [against rabies, distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, and parvovirus, or an examination fee and the presurgical immunization of] and cats against rabies[, feline panleukopenia, calici, pneumonitis and rhinotracheitis, as the case may be]. Reimbursement for the full cost of the presurgical immunization shall be made by the commissioner to the participating veterinarian upon the written certification, signed by the veterinarian and the owner of the animal, that the immunization has been administered. There shall be no additional charges to the owners of animals sterilized under RSA 437-A:3, II for examination fees or the presurgical immunization. [Owners of animals sterilized under RSA 437-A:3, I who have adopted such animals from shelters shall pay the cost of all presurgical immunizations and examination fees directly to the participating veterinarian.]
60:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 21, 2008
Effective Date: July 20, 2008