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HB1126: permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.

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HB 1126 - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2707

05/08

HOUSE BILL 1126

AN ACT permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.


ANALYSIS

This bill permits minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2707

05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.

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

1 New Section; Communicable Disease; Immunization; Consent of Minor. Amend RSA 141-C by inserting after section 20-f the following new section:

141-C:20-g Immunization; Consent of Minor. A minor 16 years of age or older may voluntarily consent to be vaccinated against any communicable disease for which a vaccination has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and a licensed health care provider may provide such vaccination without the consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian.

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