CHAPTER 63
HB 1484-FN – FINAL VERSION
20Mar2014… 1004h
2014 SESSION
01/06
HOUSE BILL 1484-FN
AN ACT relative to newborn DNA sequencing.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill prohibits whole-genome DNA sequencing of newborns.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20Mar2014… 1004h
14-2471
01/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to newborn DNA sequencing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
63:1 New Paragraph; Newborn Screening. Amend RSA 132:10-a by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. No whole-genome DNA sequencing shall be performed pursuant to this chapter unless the general court authorizes such sequencing by statute.
63:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Approved: May 27, 2014
Effective Date: January 1, 2015