SB395 (2008) Detail

Establishing a commission to review New Hampshire's statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control.


CHAPTER 196

SB 395 – FINAL VERSION

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2008 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 395

AN ACT establishing a commission to review New Hampshire’s statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control.

SPONSORS: Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Rep. MacKay, Merr 11; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Schulze, Hills 26; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. French, Merr 5

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a commission to review New Hampshire’s statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/14/08 0404s

07May2008… 1222h

08-2703

01/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT establishing a commission to review New Hampshire’s statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

196:1 Commission Established. There is established a commission to study New Hampshire’s statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control.

196:2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the commission shall be as follows:

(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(c) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.

(d) The commissioner of the department of education, or designee.

(e) A consumer, appointed by the governor.

(f) One representative of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, appointed by such association.

(g) One representative of the New Hampshire Medical Society, appointed by such society.

(h) A representative of an AIDS service organization, appointed by the executive directors of the AIDS service organizations in New Hampshire.

II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.

196:3 Duties. The commission shall review the statutes relative to HIV/AIDS and the “Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings” issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The commission’s review shall include, but not be limited to a determination of inconsistencies, if any, between the New Hampshire statutes and the CDC guidelines. The commission shall solicit information from any person or entity the commission deems relevant to its study.

196:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

196:5 Report. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2008.

196:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 11, 2008

Effective Date: June 11, 2008