HB1170: establishing a committee to study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases.

HB 1170 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2143

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1170

AN ACT establishing a committee to study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hammond, Graf 18; Rep. Sokol, Graf 17; Rep. Scovner, Graf 17

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2143

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT establishing a committee to study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases.

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

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases.

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. The committee shall solicit information from any source the committee deems relevant.

III. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases. The committee shall specifically examine how a person potentially exposed to a highly communicable disease may be entitled to the medical records of persons suspected of transferring the disease. The committee's study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

I. Relevant federal and state law.

II. Constitutional issues.

III. Other states' laws.

IV. Any other information the committee deems relevant to its purpose.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2004.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.