Public Institutions, Health and Human Services

The Senate Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services.

Bills Referred, 2003-2004

• HB 57: relative to the use of inhalers by pupils and campers with asthma. (Signed into law)
• HB 92: relative to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by pupils and campers with severe allergies. (Signed into law)
• HB 104-FN: implementing procedures for a hospital or safe haven to assume temporary care and control of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. (Signed into law)
• HB 149: relative to patient rights and disclosures. (Killed)
• HB 196: establishing a commission to study means to integrate services for people with co-occurring disorders. (Killed)
• HB 225: extending the task force on deafness and hearing loss and changing the task force's membership and duties. (Became law unsigned)
• HB 240: establishing a committee to study ways to prevent suicide among young people in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• HB 280-FN: relative to the poison information center. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HB 393: extending the reporting date for the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. (Signed into law)
• HB 533: relative to health carrier disclosure for medical child support enforcement. (Signed into law)
• HB 551: relative to the effect of parental refusal to administer psychotropic drugs to their children and establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in childcare centers, preschools, and public schools. (Signed into law)
• HB 663-FN-A-LOCAL: relative to county and state funding of long-term care medicaid programs and relative to transferring state information technology management to the governor's office of information technology. (Became law unsigned)
• HB 677-FN: increasing the number of reserved student slots in medical programs, establishing a reduction of medical indebtedness program for physicians who practice in underserved areas, and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
• HB 709-FN: relative to nursing homes and other residential care facilities in receivership. (Signed into law)
• HB 712-FN: establishing a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services. (Signed into law)
• HB 735-FN: relative to prescription drugs and medicaid best practices. (Died on the table)
• HB 831: adding duties to the oversight committee on health and human services. (Became law unsigned)
• HB 1170: establishing a committee to study access to medical records of persons with highly communicable diseases. (Killed)
• HB 1241: exempting from the state employee hiring delay certain positions within the regional community-technical college system which are directly responsible for child care. (Killed)
• HB 1266: relative to the long-term care ombudsman. (Signed into law)
• HB 1275-FN-A: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. (Signed into law)
• HB 1290: establishing a study committee to examine time limits on eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. (Died on the table)
• HB 1397: relative to youth suicide prevention. (Signed into law)
• HB 1410: relative to the release of information to persons receiving a child for placement and relative to the department of health and human service's disclosure of information regarding the death of a child from abuse and neglect. (Signed into law)
• HB 1419: relative to the dispensing of noncontrolled prescription drugs by registered nurses in certain facilities under contract with the department of health and human services. (Signed into law)
• HB 1426-FN: relative to testing for the human immunodeficiency virus. (Signed into law)
• SB 33-FN: establishing a putative fathers' registry in the department of health and human services. (Killed)
• SB 78-FN: establishing the New Hampshire health care information council. (Killed)
• SB 86-FN: relative to the disclosure of information about child fatalities resulting from abuse and neglect; relative to accreditation of the department of health and human services by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services; and extending the reporting date for the pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in Grafton county court. (Signed into law)
• SB 96-FN: establishing a pharmacy discount program for seniors and disabled persons and making an appropriation therefor. (Killed)
• SB 104: relative to state administration of medicaid benefits and services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 131: establishing a committee to study the system of health care safety net providers in New Hampshire, and options for improving access to primary and preventive care for the uninsured and underinsured. (Killed)
• SB 133: relative to amending the charter of Dartmouth college. (Signed into law)
• SB 153: adopting the nurse licensure compact. (Signed into law)
• SB 163-FN: relative to the procedures of the health services planning and review board. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• SB 190: relative to community living facilities. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 191: creating a committee to study establishing a prescription drug program for the elderly and disabled. (Killed)
• SB 193: extending the report date for the commission on the education of the deaf and hard of hearing in New Hampshire and the commission on architecturally secure facilities and community shelter care facilities for juveniles. (Signed into law)
• SB 202-FN-A: relative to funding for kidney dialysis patients and making an appropriation therefor. (Killed)
• SB 216-FN-A: relative to the developmental services priority waiting list and making an appropriation therefor. (Died on the table)
• SB 335: relative to access to birth records. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 375: relative to the regulation of physician assistants. (Signed into law)
• SB 382-FN-LOCAL: relative to medical service rates for state prisoners. (Signed into law)
• SB 383-FN: relative to pharmacy benefit management. (Signed into law)
• SB 384-FN: relative to drugs paid for by the state. (Killed)
• SB 398: relative to residency requirements for Medicaid recipients in nursing homes. (Died on the table)
• SB 404: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of providing statewide access to "Newsline for the Blind." (Killed)
• SB 405-FN: relative to standards for comprehensive physical rehabilitation service areas. (Died on the table)
• SB 427: relative to legal recognition of out-of-state marriages and establishing a commission to examine all aspects of same sex civil marriage and its legal equivalents. (Signed into law)
• SB 434: relative to importing prescription drugs from Canada. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• SB 438: relative to immunization practices for hospitals, residential care facilities, adult day care facilities, and assisted living facilities. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 441: relative to the operation of dental clinics by health care charitable trusts. (Signed into law)
• SB 470-FN: relative to funding for the physician effectiveness program, and establishing a dedicated fund. (Veto overridden, became law)
• SB 472: relative to updating the terminology in statutes affecting children with special health care needs. (Signed into law)
• SB 473-FN-LOCAL: relative to services provided by community mental health centers. (Killed)
• SB 484: establishing the Collaborative Practice for Emergency Contraception Act. (Vetoed, override failed)

And 628 bills in 7 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 13, 2004 for hearings on HB 712-FN and HB 1241.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 6, 2004 for hearings on HB 1266 and HB 1419.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 30, 2004 for a hearing on HB 1426-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 23, 2004 for hearings on HB 1275-FN-A, HB 1290 and HB 1410.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 16, 2004 for hearings on HB 551, HB 1170 and HB 1397.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 2, 2004 for hearings on SB 398, SB 441 and SB 484.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on February 17, 2004 for hearings on SB 427 and SB 434.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on February 10, 2004 for hearings on SB 382-FN-LOCAL, SB 383-FN, SB 384-FN and SB 405-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on February 3, 2004 for hearings on SB 335, SB 404, SB 470-FN and SB 375.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on January 20, 2004 for hearings on SB 473-FN-LOCAL and SB 472.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on January 15, 2004 for hearings on SB 438 and SB 335.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on January 13, 2004 for hearings on SB 404 and SB 375.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on May 20, 2003 for a hearing on HB 709-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on May 6, 2003 for hearings on HB 280-FN, HB 735-FN and HB 677-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 29, 2003 for a hearing on HB 663-FN-A-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 22, 2003 for hearings on HB 225, HB 240 and HB 393.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 15, 2003 for hearings on HB 57, HB 92 and HB 196.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 8, 2003 for hearings on HB 149, HB 831 and HB 533.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 1, 2003 for hearings on SB 193, SB 190 and SB 131.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 25, 2003 for hearings on SB 133 and SB 190.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 18, 2003 for hearings on SB 191, SB 153 and HB 104-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 4, 2003 for hearings on SB 202-FN-A, SB 163-FN and SB 216-FN-A.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on February 18, 2003 for hearings on SB 78-FN and SB 86-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on February 11, 2003 for hearings on SB 96-FN and SB 104.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on January 28, 2003 for a hearing on SB 33-FN.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 9, 2002 for hearings on HB 1465, HB 1365-FN, HB 1413 and HB 1159.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on April 2, 2002 for hearings on HB 1139 and HB 555-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 26, 2002 for hearings on HB 1107, HB 1182, HB 1109 and HB 1251.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 19, 2002 for hearings on SCR 4, HB 1337 and HCR 28.
• The Committee on Public Institutions, Health and Human Services met on March 7, 2002 for hearings on SCR 3 and HB 555-FN-LOCAL.

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