CHAPTER 270
HB 1606 - FINAL VERSION
15Mar2022... 0919h
05/05/2022 1687s
2022 SESSION
22-2150
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1606
AN ACT relative to administration of the state immunization registry.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15; Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 4; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 3; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 26; Rep. McLean, Hills. 44; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires a patient to have the opportunity to opt-out or opt-in to the immunization registry. The bill also provides that a patient's personal data shall not be entered into the registry without their explicit consent.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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... 0919h
05/05/2022 1687s 22-2150
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to administration of the state immunization registry.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
270:1 New Paragraph; Communicable Disease; Immunization Registry; Opportunity to Opt-out or Opt-in to the Registry. Amend RSA 141-C:20-f by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Each patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is a minor, shall be given the opportunity to opt-out or opt-in to the immunization registry. No patient’s personal data, such as name, address, date of birth, immunization, or vaccination information, shall be entered into the registry without the explicit, written or electronic consent of the patient, or the patient’s parent or guardian.
270:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
Approved: June 24, 2022
Effective Date: July 01, 2023
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 15, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| March 7, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| April 6, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 28, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 28, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 5, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 5, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 29, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 270; 07/01/2023 HJ 14
June 15, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
June 15, 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
May 6, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1687s, RC 13Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
May 6, 2022: Committee Amendment # 2022-1687s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
May 5, 2022: Special Order to after the Bills removed from the Consent Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
April 28, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1687s, 05/05/2022; SC 18
April 28, 2022: Special Order to to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
April 20, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1687s, 04/28/2022; SC 17
March 29, 2022: Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 100, SH, 12:00 pm; SC 14
March 22, 2022: Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 6
March 16, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0919h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 16, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0919h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
March 8, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0919h (Vote 20-1; CC)
March 1, 2022: Executive Session: 03/07/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
Feb. 3, 2022: Public Hearing: 02/15/2022 10:15 am LOB 210-211
Dec. 22, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs