SB 280 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2874
05/08
SENATE BILL 280
SPONSORS: Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the state health assessment and health improvement plan advisory council and the therapeutic cannabis medical oversight board to meet remotely.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2874
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan Advisory Council; Remote Meetings. Amend RSA 126-A:88 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the advisory council is authorized to meet remotely.
(a) If a physical location is provided for a meeting, provision also shall be made to access the meeting telephonically and additional access may be provided by video or other electronic means.
(b) If a meeting has no physical location, public access shall be provided to the public by telephone, and additional access may be provided by video or other electronic means.
(c) Whether or not a meeting has a physical location, public notice of the meeting, with all information necessary to access the meeting telephonically and by other means, shall be provided pursuant to RSA 91-A:2, II. The meeting shall be adjourned if the public is unable to access the meeting.
(d) Each member participating electronically or otherwise shall be able to simultaneously hear each other and speak to each other during the meeting, and shall be audible or otherwise discernable to the public in attendance at the meeting's location, if the meeting has a physical location. Any member participating in such fashion shall identify the location from which the person is participating and the persons present in the location from which the member is participating. No meeting shall be conducted by electronic mail or any other form of communication, including an online chat function, that does not permit the public to hear, read, or otherwise discern meeting discussion contemporaneously at the meeting location specified in the meeting notice.
(e) A member participating in a meeting by the means described in this paragraph is deemed to be present at the meeting for purposes of voting. All votes taken during such a meeting shall be by roll call vote.
2 New Paragraph; Therapeutic Cannabis Medical Oversight Board; Remote Meetings. Amend RSA 126-X:12 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the board is authorized to meet remotely.
(a) If a physical location is provided for a meeting, provision also shall be made to access the meeting telephonically and additional access may be provided by video or other electronic means.
(b) If a meeting has no physical location, public access shall be provided to the public by telephone, and additional access may be provided by video or other electronic means.
(c) Whether or not a meeting has a physical location, public notice of the meeting, with all information necessary to access the meeting telephonically and by other means, shall be provided pursuant to RSA 91-A:2, II. The meeting shall be adjourned if the public is unable to access the meeting.
(d) Each member participating electronically or otherwise shall be able to simultaneously hear each other and speak to each other during the meeting, and shall be audible or otherwise discernable to the public in attendance at the meeting's location, if the meeting has a physical location. Any member participating in such fashion shall identify the location from which the person is participating and the persons present in the location from which the member is participating. No meeting shall be conducted by electronic mail or any other form of communication, including an online chat function, that does not permit the public to hear, read, or otherwise discern meeting discussion contemporaneously at the meeting location specified in the meeting notice.
(e) A member participating in a meeting by the means described in this paragraph is deemed to be present at the meeting for purposes of voting. All votes taken during such a meeting shall be by roll call vote.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.