CHAPTER 123
SB 322 - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 322
AN ACT extending the needle exchange pilot program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Trombly, Dist 7; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Rep. Copenhaver, Graf 10; Rep. C. Kane, Rock 23; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Rep. Konys, Hills 33; Rep. O'Keefe, Rock 21
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill extends the needle exchange pilot program for 4 years.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2642
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT extending the needle exchange pilot program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
123:1 Needle Exchange Pilot Program Extended. Amend 1997, 315:2, I to read as follows:
I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall establish guidelines for and shall monitor, with the assistance of an advisory committee, a [2-year] 6-year pilot program offering the free exchange of new hypodermic needles and syringes for used hypodermic needles and syringes as a means to prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among intravenous drug users. The pilot program may be implemented by one community in New Hampshire. Any individual who either administers or participates in the needle exchange program established under this act shall be immune from prosecution for violating RSA 318:52-c through RSA 318:52-e.
123:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: May 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: May 8, 2000)