Health, Education and Human Services

The Senate Committee on Health, Education and Human Services.

Bills Referred, 2013-2014

• HB 142: relative to teacher evaluation systems. (Signed into law)
• HB 159: requiring patriotic exercises in public schools on federal Constitution Day. (Killed)
• HB 160: relative to a school district's transportation responsibility for pupils of divorced parents with joint decision making responsibility. (Became law unsigned)
• HB 161: relative to school district policies on health and sex education. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 177: relative to licensing requirements for homestead food and organic processor or handler certification. (Signed into law)
• HB 180: relative to the definitions of "student athlete" and "student sports" for the management of concussion and head injury. (Signed into law)
• HB 232: relative to the membership of the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment. (Signed into law)
• HB 236: relative to membership of the council on autism spectrum disorders. (Signed into law)
• HB 251: relative to the legislative members of the home education advisory council. (Killed)
• HB 260-FN: relative to the children in need of services (CHINS) program, relative to court-ordered placements in shelter care facilities and at the youth development center and requiring a report on the uses of the Sununu Youth Services Center. (Signed into law)
• HB 261-FN: relative to the assistance program for 2-parent families with dependent children and making a technical correction. (Signed into law)
• HB 293: relative to the adverse events reporting system. (Signed into law)
• HB 295: requiring criminal background checks for volunteers and employees at youth skill camps. (Signed into law)
• HB 305: establishing a committee to study the apportionment formula for cooperative school districts for towns with electric generation facilities. (Signed into law)
• HB 370-FN: repealing the education tax credit program. (Died on the table)
• HB 375: requiring certain health care organizations to report to the department of health and human services regarding implementation of New Hampshire's 10-year mental health plan. (Signed into law)
• HB 403: establishing a committee to study end of life decisions. (Vetoed, override failed)
• HB 418: establishing a committee to study a program to address children in need. (Signed into law)
• HB 461-FN: relative to long-term care services. (Signed into law)
• HB 474: relative to eligibility for in-state tuition rates at the university system of New Hampshire. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 481-FN: limiting the state's authority to seek reimbursement for public assistance. (Signed into law)
• HB 482-FN: regarding infestation of bed bugs in rental housing. (Signed into law)
• HB 519: requiring the division of higher education to develop a policy on academic credit for a student's military occupation, military training, coursework, and experience. (Signed into law)
• HB 533: relative to the mathematics requirement for high school graduation. (Signed into law)
• HB 551: relative to the composition and duties of the task force on work and family. (Signed into law)
• HB 556: establishing a committee to study the resolution of barriers to the use of telehealth technology in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• HB 572: establishing a commission to study public-private partnerships to fund medical care for abused and neglected children. (Signed into law)
• HB 573-FN: relative to the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. (Signed into law)
• HB 597-FN: relative to a drug-free workplace for licensed health care facilities and providers. (Signed into law)
• HB 608: relative to the sale of certain uninspected poultry and rabbits to licensed restaurants. (Signed into law)
• HB 629-FN: relative to the criteria for approving and calculating school building aid grants. (Signed into law)
• HB 633: relative to prescription refills. (Killed)
• HB 636: relative to the waitlist for community mental health services. (Signed into law)
• HB 1113: requiring school districts to distribute a concussion and head injury information sheet to student-athletes and establishing a definition for head injury. (Signed into law)
• HB 1116: relative to the membership of the advanced manufacturing education advisory council. (Signed into law)
• HB 1128: establishing a committee to study issues related to students receiving special education services while attending a chartered public school. (Signed into law)
• HB 1132-FN: relative to school emergency response plans. (Signed into law)
• HB 1138: relative to homestead food producers selling food products at farm stands, farmers markets, or at the homestead residence where they are produced. (Signed into law)
• HB 1141: requiring chartered public schools to share enrollment information with school districts. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1200: relative to student social media policies by educational institutions. (Died on the table)
• HB 1238: relative to access to assessment materials. (Signed into law)
• HB 1243: relative to the confidentiality of criminal background checks of school employees and volunteers. (Signed into law)
• HB 1260-FN-LOCAL: relative to communication of the cost of services provided under the children in need of services (CHINS) program to parents. (Signed into law)
• HB 1280: permitting physician assistants to authorize walking disability plates and placards. (Signed into law)
• HB 1296: relative to membership of the therapeutic use of cannabis advisory council. (Signed into law)
• HB 1321: relative to reporting of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery scores. (Signed into law)
• HB 1392-FN-LOCAL: removing the restriction on the number of pupils eligible to transfer to a chartered public school. (Signed into law)
• HB 1431: relative to the membership of the developmental services quality council. (Signed into law)
• HB 1434: relative to surrogate health care decision making by a family member or friend. (Signed into law)
• HB 1447: prohibiting discrimination in educational standards for certain students. (Signed into law)
• HB 1449: relative to the requirements for filing a charter school application. (Killed)
• HB 1484-FN: relative to newborn DNA sequencing. (Signed into law)
• HB 1488-FN: adopting the interstate compact on educational support for military children. (Signed into law)
• HB 1534: establishing a commission to study fiscal disparities between public school districts. (Signed into law)
• HB 1568-FN: relative to service animals. (Signed into law)
• HB 1571-FN-LOCAL: relative to breastfeeding. (Died on the table)
• HB 1572-FN: establishing a permanent subcommittee of the health and human services oversight committee relative to Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementia and requiring certain training and education programs regarding Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementia. (Signed into law)
• HB 1587-FN-LOCAL: relative to the collection and disclosure of student data. (Signed into law)
• HB 1622-FN: permitting qualifying patients and registered caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1632: relative to child support orders for children with disabilities. (Signed into law)
• SB 17: establishing a commission to study palliative care and associated quality of life initiatives. (Signed into law)
• SB 18: conferring degree-granting authority to the American University of Madaba. (Signed into law)
• SB 23: directing the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee to study the consolidation of school administrative units. (Killed)
• SB 27: relative to monitoring by the department of education of programs for children with disabilities and relative to the calculation of school building aid grants. (Signed into law)
• SB 45: relative to electronic prescriptions. (Signed into law)
• SB 48: relative to school performance and accountability. (Signed into law)
• SB 53: relative to school district policies regarding a parent's determination that certain course material is objectionable. (Killed)
• SB 55: allowing a waiver for certain transportable cooking devices. (Killed)
• SB 82: establishing a commission to identify strategies needed for developing and implementing a competency-based public education system. (Killed)
• SB 83: relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program. (Signed into law)
• SB 87: relative to the patients' bill of rights. (Signed into law)
• SB 113-LOCAL: relative to a school district's transportation responsibility for pupils of divorced parents with joint decision making responsibility. (Killed)
• SB 134-FN: relative to the division of higher education and the higher education commission. (Signed into law)
• SB 138-FN: relative to support for certain residents of nursing and assisted living facilities. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 162-FN: repealing the student tuition guaranty fund and making provisions for the disbursement of remaining funds. (Signed into law)
• SB 170: relative to advance directives pertaining to life-sustaining treatment. (Signed into law)
• SB 171: relative to the council for children and adolescents with chronic health conditions. (Signed into law)
• SB 173: relative to criminal background checks for individuals volunteering or applying for employment at licensed child care facilities. (Signed into law)
• SB 193-FN: establishing a commission to study pathways to oral health care in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• SB 194-FN: requiring the department of health and human services to implement the Medicaid family planning expansion. (Signed into law)
• SB 213-FN: establishing a registry for provider orders for life-sustaining treatment. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 221: relative to private postsecondary career schools and relative to the authority of the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics. (Signed into law)
• SB 226: relative to reporting of health care associated infections. (Signed into law)
• SB 229: relative to the use and disclosure of protected health information. (Signed into law)
• SB 234: relative to procedural changes in the law governing therapeutic use of cannabis. (Signed into law)
• SB 235: relative to the patients’ trust fund and relative to a 10-bed psychiatric crisis unit. (Signed into law)
• SB 250: relative to ambulatory surgical facilities. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 254: relative to the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment. (Signed into law)
• SB 256: requiring health care facilities to implement a process to inform patients about palliative care options. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 259-FN-A: establishing a palliative care center for health care consumers and providers and continually appropriating a special fund. (Signed into law)
• SB 270: establishing a commission to study mental health implementation in New Hampshire (Signed into law)
• SB 308-FN: relative to innovation in the delivery of health care. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• SB 309: relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association. (Signed into law)
• SB 322: relative to the renomination of teachers. (Killed)
• SB 326-LOCAL: relative to procedural requirements for certain residents of nursing and assisted living facilities. (Signed into law)
• SB 343: relative to the areas of assessment in the statewide education improvement and assessment program and repealing the school administrative unit legislative oversight committee. (Signed into law)
• SB 348: establishing a commission to study sexual abuse prevention education in elementary and secondary schools. (Signed into law)
• SB 350: relative to the transfer of adequacy aid estimates from the department of education to the department of revenue administration. (Signed into law)
• SB 355: relative to access to social media by educational institutions. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• SB 360: relative to the comprehensive health care system. (Killed)
• SB 368-FN: increasing the maximum fine for lead remediation. (Signed into law)
• SB 371-FN: requiring the establishment of a senior citizens bill of rights. (Signed into law)
• SB 380: requiring an insurer participating in the health exchange to include access to a hospital in each county of the state. (Killed)
• SB 382: prohibiting smoking in buildings owned or operated by social, fraternal, or religious organizations. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 384: establishing a committee to study how to regulate and control synthetic drugs in New Hampshire (Signed into law)
• SB 396: relative to child restraint practices. (Signed into law)
• SB 406-FN: relative to certain health care data. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 412-FN: relative to managed care network adequacy and federal health care reform. (Killed)
• SB 413-FN-A: relative to access to health insurance coverage. (Signed into law)
• SB 414-FN: relative to Medicaid-funded services provided as a part of a child's individualized education program. (Signed into law)

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 29, 2014 for hearings on HB 608, HB 1138 and HB 572.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 22, 2014 for hearings on HB 1200, HB 1238, HB 1321, HB 1534 and HB 474.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 15, 2014 for hearings on HB 1431, HB 1296, HB 1632, HB 1434 and HB 1280.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 10, 2014 for hearings on HB 1447, HB 533, HB 1141, HB 1449 and HB 1128.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 8, 2014 for a hearing on HB 1622-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 3, 2014 for hearings on HB 1488-FN, HB 1587-FN-LOCAL, HB 1484-FN and HB 1568-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 1, 2014 for hearings on HB 597-FN, HB 1571-FN-LOCAL, HB 1572-FN and HB 461-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 25, 2014 for hearings on HB 1132-FN, HB 1260-FN-LOCAL, HB 1113, HB 1116 and HB 1392-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 18, 2014 for hearings on SB 384 and HB 1243.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 11, 2014 for hearings on SB 380, SB 396, SB 234, SB 382 and SB 384.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 4, 2014 for hearings on SB 414-FN, SB 368-FN, SB 326-LOCAL and SB 380.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on February 19, 2014 for an executive session on SB 413-FN-A.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on February 18, 2014 for hearings on SB 412-FN and SB 413-FN-A.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on February 11, 2014 for hearings on SB 308-FN, SB 250, SB 406-FN, SB 226 and SB 360.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on February 4, 2014 for hearings on SB 229, SB 309, SB 355 and SB 371-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on January 28, 2014 for hearings on SB 322, SB 254, SB 270 and SB 348.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on January 21, 2014 for hearings on SB 221, SB 350 and SB 343.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on January 14, 2014 for hearings on SB 213-FN, SB 235, SB 256 and SB 259-FN-A.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 30, 2013 for a hearing on HB 295.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 23, 2013 for hearings on HB 305 and HB 551.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 16, 2013 for hearings on HB 481-FN, HB 260-FN, HB 636 and HB 375.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 11, 2013 for a hearing on HB 573-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 9, 2013 for hearings on HB 159 and HB 551.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on April 2, 2013 for hearings on HB 556, HB 633, HB 293, HB 177 and HB 482-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 26, 2013 for hearings on HB 161, HB 519, HB 142, HB 629-FN and HB 180.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 22, 2013 for a hearing on HB 370-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 19, 2013 for hearings on HB 251, HB 418, HB 403, HB 232, HB 236 and HB 261-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 12, 2013 for hearings on SB 113-LOCAL and HB 160.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on March 5, 2013 for hearings on SB 171, SB 170, SB 173 and SB 194-FN.
• The Committee on Health, Education and Human Services met on February 19, 2013 for hearings on SB 162-FN, SB 87 and SB 193-FN.

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