Revision: March 16, 2020, 12:49 p.m.
HB 1404 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
12Mar2020... 0647h
2020 SESSION
20-2159
01/05
HOUSE BILL 1404
AN ACT relative to HIV/AIDS prophylaxis treatment for minors without parental consent.
SPONSORS: Rep. Muscatel, Graf. 12; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Query, Hills. 16
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
-----------------------------------------------------------------
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the law allowing minors to voluntarily submit themselves for testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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... 0647h 20-2159
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to HIV/AIDS prophylaxis treatment for minors without parental consent.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Sexually Transmitted Disease. Amend RSA 141-C:18, II to read as follows:
II. Any minor 14 years of age or older may voluntarily submit [himself] to medical diagnosis [and], treatment [for] or prevention of, or both, a sexually transmitted disease and a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse may diagnose, treat or prescribe for the treatment or prevention of, or both, of a sexually transmitted disease in a minor 14 years of age or older, without the knowledge or consent of the parent or legal guardian of such minor.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.