Revision: March 8, 2022, 10:06 a.m.
Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
March 1, 2022
2022-0902h
08/04
Amendment to HB 1045
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the composition of the ethics oversight advisory committee.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
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 RSA 141-C:27, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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.
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.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2022-0902h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill changes the membership of the ethics oversight advisory committee.