HB 1454-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2002 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1454-FN
AN ACT requiring hepatitis testing and vaccination of department of corrections' employees and inmates in the state prison system.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weatherspoon, Rock 20; Rep. L. Johnson, Hills 40; Rep. L. Jean, Hills 17; Rep. Clegg, Hills 23; Rep. Lovett, Graf 6
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill provides that any inmate confined in a state correctional facility and any department of corrections employee who is employed in a state correctional facility shall be tested and, if infected, treated for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-2398
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT requiring hepatitis testing and vaccination of department of corrections' employees and inmates in the state prison system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Virus Prevention and Control; Testing for Hepatitis Virus. Amend RSA 141-F by inserting after section 5 the following new section:
141-F:5-a Testing and Treatment for Hepatitis Virus.
I. Any person, including a juvenile, who is convicted and confined to a state correctional facility pursuant to the order of a court shall, upon admission and before discharge, be tested and, if infected, treated for the presence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. This examination shall not limit any usual or customary medical examinations that might be indicated during a person's confinement. The cost of such testing shall be the responsibility of the department of health and human services.
II. Any department of corrections' employee who is employed at a state correctional facility shall be tested, and, if infected, treated for the presence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. The cost of such testing and treatment incurred by the department of health and human services shall be reimbursed by department of corrections.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
02-2398
2/7/02
HB 1454-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring hepatitis testing and vaccination of department of corrections' employees and inmates in the state prison system.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.