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HB1404: (New Title) relative to HIV/AIDS prophylaxis treatment for minors without parental consent.

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2020 HB1404
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Hearing
01/28/2020 at 11:00 AM
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HB 1404 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2020... 0647h

2020 SESSION

20-2159

01/05

HOUSE BILL 1404

AN ACT relative to HIV/AIDS prophylaxis treatment for minors without parental consent.

SPONSORS: Rep. Muscatel, Graf. 12; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Query, Hills. 16

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the law allowing minors to voluntarily submit themselves for testing for sexually transmitted 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2020... 0647h 20-2159

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to HIV/AIDS prophylaxis treatment for minors without parental consent.

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

1 Sexually Transmitted Disease. Amend RSA 141-C:18, II to read as follows:

II. Any minor 14 years of age or older may voluntarily submit [himself] to medical diagnosis [and], treatment [for] or prevention of, or both, a sexually transmitted disease and a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse may diagnose, treat or prescribe for the treatment or prevention of, or both, of a sexually transmitted disease in a minor 14 years of age or older, without the knowledge or consent of the parent or legal guardian of such minor.

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