Revision: Dec. 3, 2021, 1:46 p.m.
HB 1379 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
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05/10
HOUSE BILL 1379
SPONSORS: Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 4; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 16; Rep. Hough, Belk. 3; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits immunization requirements to those diseases identified in statute and removes the department of health and human service's rulemaking authority in this area.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2527
05/10
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 Communicable Disease; Immunization. Amend RSA 141-C:20-a, I to read as follows:
I. All parents or legal guardians shall have their children who are residing in this state immunized against [certain diseases. These diseases shall include, but not be limited to,] diphtheria, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, rubeola, and tetanus. [The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to other diseases which require immunization.]
2 Repeal. RSA 141-C:6, XIII, relative to rulemaking for other communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:20-a, I.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.