Bill Text - HB1617 (2018)

Relative to definitions regarding immunization requirements.


Revision: Nov. 13, 2017, 7:47 a.m.

HB 1617 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

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01/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1617

 

AN ACT relative to definitions regarding immunization requirements.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Fraser, Belk. 1; Rep. W. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Plumer, Belk. 6; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Gould, Hills. 7

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill inserts definitions in the RSA chapter relating to communicable disease for clarification purposes.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to definitions regarding immunization requirements.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraphs; Communicable Disease; Definitions Added.  Amend RSA 141-C:2 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraphs:

XV.  "Vaccination" means the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce an immune reaction to a specific disease.

XVI.  "Vaccine" means a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce an immune reaction to a specific disease.

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