HB 1310 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
17Feb2010… 0472h
2010 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1310
AN ACT allowing towns to hire health care workers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lockwood, Merr 6; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows the governing board of a city, town, or village district to hire health care workers to provide basic health care services
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17Feb2010… 0472h
10-2122
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT allowing towns to hire health care workers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Health Care Workers. Amend RSA 31 by inserting after section 103 the following new section:
31:103-a Health Care Workers. The governing board of a city, town, or village district may adopt, by ordinance or regulation, provisions for hiring a licensed provider to provide basic health care services, including but not limited to, mediation between communities and health and human services systems, informal counseling and social support, and providing basic screening services. The municipality shall have immunity against liability. The governing board of a city, town, or village district may establish an appropriate salary if a health care worker is hired under this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.