HB 1420 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

9Mar2016... 0833h

2016 SESSION

16-2600

01/03

HOUSE BILL 1420

AN ACT relative to controlled drug prescription health and safety information.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Ward, Rock. 19; Rep. A. Christie, Rock. 37; Rep. Abrami, Rock. 19; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the persons who may have access to information in the prescription health and safety program.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Mar2016... 0833h 16-2600

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to controlled drug prescription health and safety information.

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

1  New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety; Definitions.  Amend RSA 318-B:31 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:

X.  "Law enforcement official" shall have the same meaning as in RSA 318-B:1, XIV-a.

2  Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program.  Amend RSA 318-B:35, I(b)(3) to read as follows:

(3)  Authorized law enforcement officials on a case-by-case basis for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of a criminal offense [when presented with a court order based on probable cause. No law enforcement agency or official shall have direct access to the program] pursuant to the following sections: RSA 318-B:2, V-VI; RSA 318-B:2, VIII; RSA 318-B:2, X; RSA 318-B:2, XII-a; RSA 318-B:21; or RSA 318-B:25.  For the purpose of investigation and prosecution of a criminal offense under any other provision of RSA 318-B, law enforcement officials may receive information contained in the prescription health and safety program upon presentment of a court order based on probable cause.  No law enforcement agency or official shall have direct access to the program or its database.  

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.