CHAPTER 78

HB 1615-FN - FINAL VERSION

21Mar2024... 0881h

2024 SESSION

24-2428

05/08

HOUSE BILL 1615-FN

AN ACT relative to the autism registry.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gallager, Merr. 20; Rep. Filiault, Ches. 7; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the autism registry and directs the department of health and human services to destroy individual records contained in the registry.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21Mar2024... 0881h 24-2428

05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to the autism registry.

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

78:1  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 171-A:30, relative to the autism registry.

II.  RSA 171-A:31, relative to rulemaking regarding the autism registry.

III.  The subdivision heading preceding RSA 171-A:30.

78:2  Department of Health and Human Services; Autism Registry Records.  The department of health and human services shall make all reasonable efforts to destroy all data records pertaining to individuals contained in the autism registry that was created pursuant to RSA 171-A:30.  The department may, at its discretion, retain aggregate data only.

78:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 14, 2024

Effective Date: August 13, 2024