CHAPTER 57
HB 1045 - FINAL VERSION
15Mar2022... 0902h
2022 SESSION
22-2118
11/08
HOUSE BILL 1045
AN ACT relative to the composition of the ethics oversight advisory committee.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill changes the membership of the ethics oversight advisory committee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Mar2022... 0902h 22-2118
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the composition of the ethics oversight advisory committee.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
57:1 Ethics Oversight Advisory Committee. RSA 141-C:27, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
III. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Two members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker shall give preference to those members who have been trained in ethics.
(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the senate president. The senate president shall give preference to a member who has been trained in ethics.
(c) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
(d) The director of the department of health and human services, division of public health services.
(e) The state epidemiologist.
(f) An attorney well-versed in medical ethics, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
(g) A physician well-versed in medical ethics, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Medical Society.
(h) The executive director of the governor’s commission on disability, or designee.
(i) A nurse well-versed in medical ethics, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Board of Nursing.
(j) A psychologist well-versed in ethics, appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Psychological Association.
(k) A professor of ethics currently teaching at a college or university in New Hampshire, appointed by the chairperson elected in paragraph IV.
57:2 Ethics Oversight Advisory Committee. Amend RSA 141-C:27, IV to read as follows:
IV. The committee shall elect one of the legislative members as chairperson. Legislative members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee. The committee shall meet initially within [30] 90 days of the effective date of this section and then as regularly as the chairperson shall direct.
57:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: July 19, 2022
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| March 7, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| April 6, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 14, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 24, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 57; Eff. 07/19/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
April 14, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/14/2022; SJ 8
April 6, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15
March 31, 2022: Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 14
March 22, 2022: Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 6
March 15, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0902h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 15, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0902h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 16, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0902h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 8, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0902h (NT) (Vote 21-0; CC)
March 1, 2022: Executive Session: 03/07/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
Jan. 21, 2022: Public Hearing: 02/07/2022 10:15 am LOB 210-211
Jan. 12, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 11:00 am LOB 210-211
Nov. 2, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
: To Be Introduced and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs