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CHAPTER 26
HB 450 - FINAL VERSION
8Mar2017... 0126h
2017 SESSION
17-0471
01/04
HOUSE BILL 450
AN ACT relative to the membership of the New Hampshire commission on deafness and hearing loss.
SPONSORS: Rep. Porter, Hills. 1
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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This bill revises the membership of the New Hampshire commission on deafness and hearing loss.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Mar2017... 0126h 17-0471
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to the membership of the New Hampshire commission on deafness and hearing loss.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
26:1 New Hampshire Commission on Deafness and Hearing Loss; Membership. RSA 125-Q:1, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I. A commission, to be known as the New Hampshire commission on deafness and hearing loss is hereby created and established. The commission shall consist of the following members:
(a) Two members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be from the health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) Two members from the governor's commission on disability, one of whom shall be the executive director, or designee.
(c) Three representatives of the department of health and human services, appointed by the commissioner.
(d) One representative of the department of employment security, appointed by the commissioner.
(e) Three representatives of the department of education, 2 of whom shall be from the bureau of vocational rehabilitation and one of whom shall be from the bureau of special education, appointed by the commissioner.
(f) One representative of the administrative office of the courts, appointed by the director.
(g) Two members of the New Hampshire Association of the Deaf, one of whom shall be the president of the association, or designee, and one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the association.
(h) One representative of the New Hampshire Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or designee.
(i) Two members of the public with the lived experience of hearing loss, representing those who are deaf and those who are hard of hearing, nominated by the commission and appointed by the governor.
(j) Two members of the public representing parents of children who are deaf and children who are hard of hearing, nominated by the commission and appointed by the governor.
(k) The attorney general, or designee.
(l) The commissioner of the department of safety, or designee.
(m) The commissioner of the department of corrections, or designee.
(n) The commissioner of the department of transportation, or designee.
(o) The executive director of Granite State Independent Living, or designee.
(p) Two members of Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Inc., one of whom shall be the executive director, or designee, and one member appointed by the executive director.
(q) The executive director of the Disability Rights Center, or designee.
(r) One representative of the New Hampshire Academy of Audiology, appointed by the president of the academy.
(s) A mental health care provider experienced in working with members of the deaf and hard of hearing community, appointed by the governor.
26:2 New Paragraph; New Hampshire Commission on Deafness and Hearing Loss. Amend RSA 125-Q:1 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. The commission may solicit information from any person or entity the commission determines relevant to its duties.
26:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: April 25, 2017
Effective Date: April 25, 2017