Revision: March 15, 2022, 3:28 p.m.
HB 1280 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
15Mar2022... 0912h
2022 SESSION
22-2795
07/04
HOUSE BILL 1280
SPONSORS: Rep. Roy, Rock. 32
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits a parent's decision not to have their child vaccinated from being used as grounds to terminate parental rights.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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... 0912h 22-2795
07/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Termination of Parental Rights; Grounds for Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship; Decision to Vaccinate Prohibited. Amend RSA 170-C:5, II to read as follows:
II. That, although the parents are financially able, they have substantially and continuously neglected to provide the child with necessary subsistence, education or other care necessary for his mental, emotional, or physical health or have substantially and continuously neglected to pay for such subsistence, education or other care when legal custody is lodged with others; provided, however, it shall not be grounds for the termination of the parent-child relationship for the sole reason the parent of said child relies upon spiritual means through prayer in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing in lieu of medical treatment for the healing of said child. A parent's decision not to have their child vaccinated pursuant to an order of the state or federal government or any agency or person of the same shall not be used as grounds to terminate parental rights.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.