Bill Text - SB123 (2021)

(New Title) relative to employer payment of required COVID-19 testing.


Revision: March 4, 2021, 8:23 a.m.

Health and Human Services

March 3, 2021

2021-0621s

05/10

 

 

Amendment to SB 123

 

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

AN ACT relative to employer payment of required COVID-19 testing.

 

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

 

1  New Subdivision; COVID-19 Testing.  Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 77 the following new subdivision:

COVID-19 Testing

275:78  COVID-19 Testing.  It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in RSA 275:4, to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a COVID-19 test as a condition of employment.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

2021-0621s

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits an employer from requiring that an employee or applicant for employment pay the cost of a COVID-19 test as a condition of employment.