CHAPTER 197
HB 1390 - FINAL VERSION
16Feb2022... 0409h
03/24/2022 1130s
2022 SESSION
22-2669
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1390
AN ACT relative to access to language translation services in telemedicine.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 22; Rep. Espitia, Hills. 31; Rep. Query, Hills. 16; Rep. Wazir, Merr. 17; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 18; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires language access services for limited-English proficient speakers and deaf or heard of hearing individuals when healthcare services are provided through telemedicine.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Feb2022... 0409h
03/24/2022 1130s 22-2669
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to access to language translation services in telemedicine.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
197:1 Telemedicine and Telehealth Services; Language Access Services. Amend RSA 310-A:1-g, V(b) and (c) to read as follows:
(b) Maintain a medical record; [and]
(c) Subject to the patient's consent, forward the medical record to the patient's primary care or treating provider, if appropriate; and
(d) Provide meaningful language access if the individual is practicing in a facility that is required to ensure meaningful language access to limited-English proficient speakers pursuant to 45 C.F.R. section 92.101 or RSA 354-A, or to deaf or hard of hearing individuals pursuant to 45 C.F.R. section 92.102, RSA 521-A, or RSA 354-A.
197:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 17, 2022
Effective Date: June 17, 2022
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 11, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 24, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 16, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote |
June 22, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 197; 06/17/2022 HJ 14
June 7, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
June 6, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
May 13, 2022: House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
March 24, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1130s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
March 24, 2022: Committee Amendment # 2022-1130s, AA, VV; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
March 16, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1130s, 03/24/2022; SC 12
March 9, 2022: Hearing: 03/16/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 11
March 1, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5
Feb. 23, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0409h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
Feb. 16, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0409h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
Feb. 8, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0409h (Vote 19-0; CC)
Feb. 1, 2022: Executive Session: 01/24/2022 04:00 pm LOB 210-211
Jan. 8, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/11/2022 02:00 pm LOB 210-211
Dec. 1, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs