HB391: (New Title) relative to the memorandum of understanding on data sharing between the department of health and human services and the department of environmental services.

CHAPTER 44

HB 391 - FINAL VERSION

14Feb2023... 0152h

2023 SESSION

23-0590

05/08

HOUSE BILL 391

AN ACT relative to the memorandum of understanding on data sharing between the department of health and human services and the department of environmental services.

SPONSORS: Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 29; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill directs the department of environmental services and the department of health and human services to enter into a memorandum of understanding on cooperation regarding data sharing. The bill also changes the reporting requirement from 6 months to an annual basis and requires it to be submitted to the commission on the environmental and public health impacts of PFAS.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14Feb2023... 0152h 23-0590

05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to the memorandum of understanding on data sharing between the department of health and human services and the department of environmental services.

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

44:1 Data Sharing Between the Department of Environmental Services and the Department of Health and Human Services; Memorandum of Understanding. Amend RSA 126-A:76, I(a) to read as follows:

(a) Enter into [an updated] a memorandum of [agreement] understanding on cooperation regarding data sharing between the department of health and human services and the department of environmental services.

44:2 Data Sharing Between the Department of Environmental Services and the Department of Health and Human Services; Memorandum of Agreement; Reporting Requirement. Amend RSA 126-A:76, III to read as follows:

III. On or before September 1, 2019, and at a minimum every [6 months] year thereafter, the commissioners of the department of environmental services and the department of health and human services shall submit a report regarding the data sharing practices required under paragraph I to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the state library, the commission on the environmental and public health impacts of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, established in RSA 126-A:79-a, and the commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illness. [The report shall include results of the 2-way pilot project between the departments on arsenic in drinking water, where both health effects and environmental data exist.]

44:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2023

Effective Date: July 18, 2023