Bill Text - HB1253 (2020)

Establishing an advisory council on the dispensing of eyeglasses and contact lenses.


Revision: March 16, 2020, 12:18 p.m.

HB 1253 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

12Mar2020... 0291h

2020 SESSION

20-2544

10/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1253

 

AN ACT establishing an advisory council on the dispensing of eyeglasses and contact lenses.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes an advisory council to the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification for the regulation of opticians and the dispensing of ophthalmic devices and contact lenses.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2020... 0291h 20-2544

10/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT establishing an advisory council on the dispensing of eyeglasses and contact lenses.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Ophthalmic Dispensers; Advisory Council.  Amend RSA 327-A by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

327-A:4-a  Advisory Council; Establishment, Duties.  There is hereby established an advisory council to the executive director on the dispensing of spectacles, eyeglasses and contact lenses, whose members shall be appointed by executive director with the approval of the governor and council.  The members of the advisory council shall consist of 4 registered opticians and one member of the public having no relationship to ophthalmic dispensing.  The executive director shall designate one member of the advisory council as chairperson.  Each member of the advisory council shall serve a 3 year term, except that for the initial council 2 of the optician members shall serve a 2 year term.  The advisory council shall meet at least once each calendar quarter to conduct its business and more often on call of the chairperson.  Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum to conduct business.  Members of the advisory council shall receive no per diem but shall be entitled to mileage when in the performance of duties required by this chapter.  The advisory council shall advise the executive director on general and specific policies involved in the dispensing of ophthalmic devices and contact lenses, including but not limited to consumer complaints.

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