Bill Text - HB1219 (2026)

Relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes.


Revision: Dec. 1, 2025, 9:41 a.m.

HB 1219  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2900

05/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1219

 

AN ACT relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. L. Miner, Rock. 7; Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. Drew, Hills. 19; Rep. Granger, Straf. 2; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Polozov, Merr. 10; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Lang, Dist 2

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that there shall be no vaccination or immunization requirements for foster parents that exceed vaccination or immunization requirements under RSA 141-C:20-a, either in type of vaccination, quality of doses, or authorization for exemption.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2900

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Immunization Requirements for Foster Family Homes.  Amend RSA 170-E:27-b to read as follows:

170-E:27-b  Immunization Requirements for Foster Family Homes.  There shall be no vaccination or immunization requirements required of any children residing in a foster home that exceed vaccination or immunization requirements under RSA 141-C:20-a, either in type of vaccination, [or] quantity of doses, or exemptions.  There shall be no vaccination or immunization requirements required of any parent residing in a foster home that exceed vaccination or immunization requirements under RSA 141-C:20-a, either in type of vaccination, quantity of doses, or exemptions.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.