HOUSE BILLS

HB40

Rowe

rel. to living wills and durable powers of atty. for health care.

O

H-JUD retain

HB41

MacKay

rel. to HIV education, prevention, and control.   RSA 141-F

S

Ch. 65
Eff. 8-10-07

HB43

C. McMahon

rel. to the procedure for est. Medicaid reimbursement rates, est. a study Medicaid payments for hospital-based physician &  outpatient services, & est. a moratorium on certain reimbursement policy changes pending the results of the study.  RSA 18-b

S

Ch. 205
Eff. 6-25-07

HB53

Harding

rel. to school health personnel.   RSA 200:31

M

Ch. 41
Eff. 7-20-07

HB57

N. Elliott

rel. to advance directives for dur. pwrs of atty. and living wills.

O

H-JUD retain

HB78

Moran

rel. to health insurance coverage for certain unmarried children.

S

H – ITL

HB88

Weed

est. a committee to study single payer health care.

S

H – OTP
S – T

HB134

Rosenwald

rel. to electronic prescribing for prescription drugs.
RSA 318:47-c

S

Ch. 320
Eff. 9-14-07

HB137

Pilliod

rel. to food safety in restaurants.

S

H – OTPam
S – ITL

HB139

DeJoie

rel. to the reporting of burn injuries.

O

H-OTPam
S – ITL

HB140

Pilliod

reestablish the NH task force on deafness and hearing loss.
RSA 125-P

S

Ch. 294
Eff. 9-11-07

HB143

Lasky

rel. to apportionment of damages in civil actions.
RSA 507:7-e

O

Vetoed

HB148

Rosenwald

est. a commission to study pharmaceutical costs and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

S

Ch. 245
Eff. 6-28-07

HB158

Cali-Pitts

req. ins. co. to allow covered persons to purchase an up-to-90-day supply of life-sustaining drugs.  RSA 415-6, 420-J:7

S

Ch. 73
Eff. 8-10-07

HB164

Hutchinson

rel. to medicating pupils to enhance learning abilities.

M

H- OTPam
S – ITL

HB177

Dumaine

incl. "unborn child" in the def. of "another" for first and second degree murder, manslaughter, and negligent homicide.

M

H- T

HB184

Hager

repealing the parental notification law.   RSA 132:24-28

M

Ch. 265
Eff. 6-29-07

HB228

McLeod

rel. to the definition of "medical necessity" under the managed care law. RSA 420-J:3

S

Ch. 33
Eff. 7-13-07

HB244

Elliott

rel. to withholding or withdrawing of medically administered nutrition and hydration for developmentally disabled persons.

O

H – OTPam
S – T

HB264

Quandt, M

rel. to a time period for declaring a person to be cancer free.

M

 H – ITL

HB278

Parkhurst

rel. to notification of a parent or guardian by the medical facility treating a minor injured in an accident.

O

H – ITL

HB286

McLeod

rel. to a Medicaid waiver for family planning services. 
RSA 126-A:4c

Ch. 247
Eff. 8-27-07

HB288

Tilton

req. the commissioner of the DHHS to apply for public &  private grant funding for drug & alcohol rehab. programs.

S

 H-ITL

HB298

Hunt

rel. to the healthy kids corporation.  RSA 126-H:2

S

Ch. 167
Eff. 8-17-07

HB299

Parkhurst

rel. to the sale of hypodermic syringes.

O

H - ITL

HB305

McLeod

est. a task force to develop legislation for expanding access to affordable health insurance for the 2008 legislative session.

Ch. 248
Eff. 6-28-07

HB312

Rosenwald

rel. to alternative providers for certain health services. 
RSA 330-A:2

S

Ch. 83
Eff. 7-1-07

HB324

McEachern

rel. to the use of artificial trans fats and saturated fats in food prepared and served in public schools.

S

H – OTPam
S – ITL

HB326

Pantelakos

rel. to disclosure of the basis for disciplinary proceedings among members of the board of medicine.

S

H –ITL

HB327

Wendelboe

allowing collaborative pharmacy practice agreements to include pharmacy locations during declared emergencies.

O/S

H-OTPam
S – ITL

HB345

Rochette

rel. to certification of death certificates.  RSA 5-C:1, :62, :74

M

Ch. 215
Eff. 1-1-08

HB363

Dumaine

rel. to certain notification for emergency contraception.

H – ITL

HB386

DeJoie

rel. to advertisement of prescription drugs.

M

H - ITL

HB396

Butcher

est. a commission to study autism spectrum disorders in NH.

S

Ch. 171
Eff. 6-18-07

HB416

Phinizy

rel. to mercury reduction.  RSA 149-M:58

S

Ch. 279
Eff. 1-1-08

HB427

Hamm

def. construction & demolition debris & certified waste-derived product, and rel. to the dept. of environ. serv. certifying waste-derived products of the wood component of construction and demolition debris.  RSA 149-M:4

S

Ch. 127
Eff. 6-12-07

HB428

Hamm

prohibiting the combustion of the wood component of construction & demolition debris and defining construction and demolition debris.  RSA 123-C, 149-M:4

S

Ch. 128
Eff. 1-1-08 & 1-1-11

HB455

Rowe

repealing the relative to screening panels for medical injury.

O

H-JUD retain

HB490

Hall

req. hospitals to make the price of certain common procedures available to the public.

M

H - ITL

HB491

Pilliod

est. the public health improvement services council.

Ch. 250
Eff. 6-28-07

HB517

MacKay

est. a commission to investigate cost drivers in providing health care.

S

Ch. 297
Eff. 7-13-07 &
1-1-08

HB519

Campbell

req. children 12 years of age or under to wear personal flotation devices.  RSA 270-30-a

Ch. 176
Eff. 8-17-07

HB559

Emerson

rel. to seat belts on school buses.

M

 H – ITL

HB560

Drisko

rel. to insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing.

M

H-COM retain

HB561

Nowe

rel. to pharmacy benefit managers.

M

H-ED&A retain

HB563

Infantine

rel. to obtaining birth certificates for stillborn children.

H-HHS retain

HB583

Schulze

rel. to funding for HIV/AIDS services.  RSA 126-A:4

S

Ch. 282
Eff. 9-1-07

HB597

MacKay

rel. to expenditure caps for institutional health facilities under the certificate of need law.

M

H – nonconcur
S – OTPam

HB603

Wendelboe

est. a task force on mental health costs & req. the comm. of the dept. of corrections to enroll any person being released from a correctional facility in any available free or reduced cost Rx prg.

M

H-HHS  retain

HB607

Splaine

rel. to the death penalty.

M

H – ITL

HB628

DeJoie

est. the NH Rx advantage prg. & continually approp. a special fund.

M

H-FIN retain

HB630

MacKay

rel. to an electronic controlled Rx monitoring program.

S

H-HHS retain

HB632

Knowles

rel. to the penalty for death resulting from the trafficking of controlled drugs.

M

H-CRIM retain

HB636

McLeod

rel. to physician credentialing under the managed care law.
RSA 420-J:4, :8-c

S

Ch. 98
Eff. 8-10-07

HB641

Splaine

rel. to automatic credentialing for health care providers.

M

H – ITL

HB643

Grassie

relative to the distribution of tobacco settlement funds.

S

H-FIN retain

HB673

Harding

allowing ARNPs to certify walking disabilities.  RSA 261:88

M

Ch. 180
Eff. 8-17-07

HB688

French

est. the council on the relationship between public health and the environment.  RSA 125-P

S

Ch. 181
Eff. 8-17-07

HB697

DeJoie

relative to responsible drug advertising.

M

H – ITL

HB711

Ginsberg

req. ins. coverage for hormone treatment drugs for transsexuals.

M

H-COM retain

HB738

Crane

req. insurance coverage for infertility treatments.

M

H – ITL

HB740

MacKay

rel. to mental health services.

M

H- HHS retain

HB744

Dumaine

relative to informed consent before abortion.

M

H – ITL

HB774

Robertson, T

rel. to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

M

H – ITL

HB790

McLeod

rel. to dependent coverage under the healthy kids program & est. the joint legislative oversight comm. on ins. expansion initiatives.
RSA 415:5, 420-A:10, 420-B:8, 420-C:4, 420-F:5, 420-J:8

M

Ch. 352
Eff. 9-15-07

HB797

Holden

regulating mandatory overtime for nurses and assistants. 
RSA 275:67

M

Ch. 353
Eff. 1-1-08

HB802

Brown, J

relative to passenger restraints.

S

H- OTP
S – ITL

HB820

Mulholland

establishing tax on candy.

M

H – ITL

HB826

Donovan

rel. to coverage of medically necessary services and items under the medical assistance program.  RSA 167:3-h

S

Ch. 288
Eff. 9-1-07

HB831

Wells

rel. to notification by pharmacies to consumers when prescriptions need to be renewed.

M

H – ITL

HB858

McLeod

rel. to a discount medical plan organization.

M

H-COM retain

HB862

Schulze

est. an incapacitated adult fatality review committee.
RSA 21-M:16

S

Ch. 256
Eff. 1-1-08

HB864

Elliott, N

req. licensing of outpatient abortion facilities.

O

H – ITL

HB878

Morrison

rel. to drivers' licenses issued to persons 70 years of age and older and relative to the medical/vision advisory board.

M

H-TRANS  retain

HB884

Almy

increasing the rate of the tobacco tax.

S

H-W&M retain

HB894

Quandt

req. insurance coverage for bariatric surgery for diabetics.

M

H- retain

HB907

Phinizy

rel. to the sale and distribution of certain mercury-added products.
RSA 149-M:51, :53, :54

S

Ch. 105
Eff. 8-10-07

HB908

Baroody

rel. to the licensure and regulation of massage therapists and registration of somatic and bodywork practitioners.

M

H-ED&A retain

HB911

Hamm

est. an automated external defibrillator trust fund and making an appropriation therefore.  RSA 195-I

S

Ch. 62
Eff. 7/1/07

HB921

McLeod

making technical changes in the ins. laws.  RSA 415:6, :18, 415-A,
420-B, 420-C, 420-F, 420-G, 420-H, 420-J, 420-K, 275:48, 420-A

M

Ch. 289
Eff. 9-1-07

HB926

Wendelboe

rel.to the regulation of pharmacies and pharmacists.  RSA318

M

Ch. 202
Eff. 1-1-08

HCR3

French

urging that NH members and veterans of the armed forces and national guard and their dependents receive health screening for depleted uranium exposure.

S

H – OPTam
S - OTP

HCR5

MacEachren

endorsing the National Health Insurance Act.

S

H-OTP
S – ITL

SENATE BILLS

SB42

Gottesman

prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places.  RSA 155:65, :66, :67

S

Ch. 203
Eff. 9-17-07

SB46

Burling

req. criminal conviction record checks of all applicants to practice medicine in New Hampshire.   RSA 329:11, 328-D, 326-B

S

Ch. 303
Eff. 9-11-07

SB55

Gallus

est a comm. to study efficacy of Master Settlement Agreement & strategies for addressing financial burden imposed on the state by cigarette smoking tobacco use.

S

Ch. 304
Eff. 7-13-07

SB77

Barnes

prohibiting DHHS from entering into a contract with Planned Parenthood FA, Inc., or any org. that provides abortion services.

M

S-ITL

SB93

Hassan

relative to insurance coverage for children’s early intervention therapy services.  RSA 415, 420-A, 420-B

M

Ch. 338
Eff. 9-14-07

SB102

Clegg

rel. to the powers of state government in the event of an incident or outbreak of communicable disease.

M

S – OTPam
H-HHS retain

SB114

DeVries

rel. to licensed acute care hospitals.

M

S-COM rerefer

SB120

Kenney

est. a study the removal of thimerosal from vaccines.

S

S - T

SB129

Fuller-Clark

req. interpretation services upon request for persons receiving medical treatment.

O

S- OTPam
H – ITL

SB131

Gottesman

rel. to insurance coverage for services of midwives.

O

S – OTPam
H-COM  retain

SB135

Sgambati

est. a commission to study lowering costs of health insurance for small businesses.

Ch. 192
Eff. 6-18-07

SB138

Estabrook

rel. to the waiting list for services to persons with devel. disabilities &  acquired brain disorders & making appropriations.   RSA 171-A

S

Ch. 363
Eff. 7-1-07

SB149

Burling

rel. to family support councils for the developmentally disabled.

S

S- OTPam
H – ITL

SB153

Hassan

est. a committee to study changing statutory references to "mental retardation."

S

Ch. 261
Eff. 6-28-07

SB155

Hassan

rel.to  insurance coverage for chiropractic services.

M

S- OTPam
H – ITL

SB156

Kenney

rel. to public health regions and regional public health councils.

S

S-HHS rerefer

SB165

Fuller-Clark

rel. to informing physicians of results of the screening panels for medical injury claims.

“S”

S-JUD rerefer

SB167

D'Allesandro

rel. to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing.

S-OTP
H – ITL

SB170

Gottesman

est. an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch.
RSA 490-E

Ch. 344
Eff. 7-1-07

SB176

DeVries

rel. lead paint poisoning & est. a comm. to study current childhood lead poisoning prevent. law, policies, & standards.  RSA 130-A

S

Ch. 293
Eff. 7-12-07 &
1-1-08

SB179

Burling

est. an automated external defibrillator trust fund and making an appropriation therefor.

S

S – OTPam
H-EDU retain

SB182

Sgambati

est. a committee to study the confidentiality of health care records in abuse and neglect proceedings.

Ch. 200
Eff. 6-18-07

SB183

Sgambati

req. health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependents through age 25.

S

S- OTP
H – ITL

SB188

Hassan

rel. to unfair claim settlement practices by insurers.

S – non-concur
H - OTPam

SB213

Fuller-Clark

est. a comprehensive cancer plan fund & making an approp. & est. a comprehensive cancer plan oversight bd.  RSA 126-A:63, :64

Vetoed

SB215

Fuller-Clark

making an appropriation for AIDS services.

S

Ch. 367
Eff. 7-1-07

SB220

Fuller-Clark

est. a commission to study the feasibility of establishing a public review board for health insurance rate increase requests.

S- OTP
H – ITL

SB251

D’Allesandro

allowing the board of medicine to issue licenses for physicians to engage in a correctional institution medical practice.

S – OTPam
H-ED&A retain

SB254

Gottesman

rel. to legal representation during contract negotiations.
RSA  420-J:8

Ch. 195
Eff. 8-17-07