HB 630 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2001 SESSION

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10/09

HOUSE BILL 630

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the need for the regulation of professions which are alternative or complementary to existing regulated health professions.

SPONSORS: Rep. Nowe, Rock 3; Rep. Robb, Sull 11; Rep. Millham, Belk 4; Rep. Wall, Straf 9; Rep. Dalrymple, Rock 26; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the need for the regulation of professions which are alternative or complementary to existing regulated health professions.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0266

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the need for the regulation of professions which are alternative or complementary to existing regulated health professions.

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

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the need for the regulation of professions which are alternative or complementary to existing regulated health professions.

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. The committee may seek input from the commissioner of the department of health and human services or other department officers, the members of the board of medicine, or any other interested persons.

III. Legislative members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall examine the need for the regulation of professions which are alternative or complementary to existing regulated health professions in this state. The committee may develop a proposal for the regulation of such professions.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2002.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.