HB 1420 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
9Mar2016... 0833h
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1420
AN ACT\trelative to controlled drug prescription health and safety information.
SPONSORS:\tRep. J. Ward, Rock. 19; Rep. A. Christie, Rock. 37; Rep. Abrami, Rock. 19; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24
COMMITTEE:\tHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill clarifies the persons who may have access to information in the prescription health and safety program.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2016... 0833h\t16-2600
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to controlled drug prescription health and safety information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety; Definitions. Amend RSA 318-B:31 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
\t\t\tX. "Law enforcement official" shall have the same meaning as in RSA 318-B:1, XIV-a.
\t2 Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program. Amend RSA 318-B:35, I(b)(3) to read as follows:
\t\t\t\t(3) Authorized law enforcement officials on a case-by-case basis for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of a criminal offense [when presented with a court order based on probable cause. No law enforcement agency or official shall have direct access to the program] pursuant to the following sections: RSA 318-B:2, V-VI; RSA 318-B:2, VIII; RSA 318-B:2, X; RSA 318-B:2, XII-a; RSA 318-B:21; or RSA 318-B:25. For the purpose of investigation and prosecution of a criminal offense under any other provision of RSA 318-B, law enforcement officials may receive information contained in the prescription health and safety program upon presentment of a court order based on probable cause. No law enforcement agency or official shall have direct access to the program or its database.
\t3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.