Revision: Dec. 30, 2022, 2:31 p.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0795.0
05/08
SENATE BILL [bill number]
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the possibility that ommission of certain information on a live birth worksheet may result in a violation or criminal penalty and requires that the mother affirmatively consent to the inclusion of certain identifiable health information on the live birth worksheet.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0795.0
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Vital Records Administration; Duties and Responsibilities; Application of Criminal Penalty Limited. Amend RSA 5-C:14 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Subparagraph II(a) shall apply only to the information on the mother's worksheet that is used for the birth certificate and shall not apply to the mother's, father's, or the mother's female partner's information, or the mother's statistical information.
2 New Paragraphs; Vital Records Administration; Duties and Responsibilities; Application of Violation Limited; Consent Required. Amend RSA 5-C:14 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraphs:
V. Paragraph IV shall not apply to an individual who refuses consent for disclosure of her statistical information or that of her newborn, or any other personally identifiable health information contained on the facility worksheet for certificate of live birth.
VI. Mothers shall be given the opportunity to give or withhold consent for release of their identifiable health information from their and their newborn's medical records on the facility worksheet for certificate of live birth.
3 Revision of Worksheet Forms.
I. No later than January 1, 2024, the division of vital records, in consultation with the division of public health services, hospitals, and freestanding birth centers, shall present revised mother and facility worksheet forms and a signature document for the mother's consent to disclosure of identifiable health information contained in the facility worksheet to the oversight committee on health and human services for approval.
II. No later than 12 months after receiving that approval, revised paper and electronic forms shall be in use.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.