HB1393: relative to the inclusion of pediatric cancer in the state health improvement plan.

HB 1393 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2652

05/08

HOUSE BILL 1393

AN ACT relative to the inclusion of pediatric cancer in the state health improvement plan.

SPONSORS: Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Rep. Lascelles, Hills. 14; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that pediatric cancer shall be a priority action under the state health improvement plan.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2652

05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to the inclusion of pediatric cancer in the state health improvement plan.

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

1 New Paragraph; State Health Improvement Plan; Pediatric Cancer. Amend RSA 126-A:87 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:

VIII-a. Pediatric cancer shall be a priority identified for action in the state health improvement plan. The plan shall incorporate the findings and recommendations of the state health assessment and state health improvement council established under RSA 126-A:88 regarding the experience of families who are impacted by pediatric cancer.

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