2001 SESSION

01-0962

04/10

HOUSE BILL 683

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that prior to prescribing Ritalin to any minor, a physician must fully inform a parent or legal guardian of the implications and consequences associated with the use of Ritalin, and obtain a written consent form signed by the parent or legal guardian of the minor.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0962

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

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

1 New Section; Physicians and Surgeons; Miscellaneous Provisions; Prescribing Ritalin to Minors. Amend RSA 329 by inserting after section 31 the following new section:

329:32 Prescribing Methylphenidate (Ritalin) to Minors. No physician licensed under this chapter shall prescribe or otherwise administer Methylphenidate (Ritalin) to a minor until such physician has fully informed a parent or legal guardian of such minor of the medical indications and consequences associated with the use of Ritalin, and has obtained a written consent form, signed by the parent or legal guardian of the minor, agreeing to the prescription of Ritalin.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.