HB1550 (2010) Detail

Requiring substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles.


HB 1550-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2590

09/01

HOUSE BILL 1550-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT requiring substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles.

SPONSORS: Rep. Tilton, Merr 6; Rep. Butynski, Ches 4

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2590

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT requiring substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles.

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

1 New Section; Substance Abuse Treatment Drugs. Amend RSA 153-A by inserting after section 19 the following new section:

153-A:19-a Substance Abuse Treatment Drugs. Substance abuse treatment drugs shall be available to emergency medical providers when such providers are responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

10-2590

11/30/09

HB 1550-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT requiring substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Department of Safety states this bill may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on state and county expenditures or state, county and local revenue.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Department of Safety states this bill requires substance abuse drugs be available to emergency medical providers responding to emergencies in emergency medical vehicles. The Department states it is not able to estimate the impact, if any, on local expenditures. To the extent a municipality does not make substance abuse treatment drugs available in emergency medical vehicles, they may have an increased cost. The Department states this bill will have no fiscal impact on state and county expenditures or state, county and local revenue.