HB1379: relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.

HB 1379 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

16Mar2022... 0844h

2022 SESSION

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05/10

HOUSE BILL 1379

AN ACT relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 4; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 16; Rep. Hough, Belk. 3; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill limits immunization requirements to those diseases identified in statute. The bill also provides the commissioner of health and human services with limited authority to include an additional immunization requirement with the approval of the oversight committee on health and human services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Mar2022... 0844h 22-2527

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.

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

1 Communicable Disease; Immunization. RSA 141-C:20-a, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

I. All parents or legal guardians shall have their children who are residing in this state immunized against diphtheria, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, rubeola, tetanus, and varicella. Immunization against hepatitis B and haemophilus influenzae shall be required until June 30, 2026, unless otherwise authorized by statute. The commissioner may add an immunization requirement to the above list for up to 20 months with the approval of the legislative oversight committee on health and human services established in RSA 126-A:13. Such action shall require a 3/5 vote by the oversight committee and shall be permitted only one time per communicable disease. Continuation beyond 20 months shall require specific statutory authority for the immunization requirement. The commissioner may only adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to changes in the number of doses, dosage, route of administration, and age requirements for immunization against the diseases identified in this paragraph.

2 Communicable Disease; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 141-C:6, XIII to read as follows:

XIII. [Other] Communicable diseases requiring immunization under RSA 141-C:20-a, I.

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