HB 1327 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2022 SESSION

22-2435

08/05

HOUSE BILL 1327

AN ACT including diabetes in the conditions listed for eligibility for a service animal.

SPONSORS: Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Sullivan, Sull. 1; Rep. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Goley, Hills. 8; Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. Booras, Hills. 33; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Carson, Dist 14

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill includes diabetes in the conditions listed for eligibility for a service animal.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2435

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT including diabetes in the conditions listed for eligibility for a service animal.

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

1  New Subparagraph; Service Animal Duties; Diabetes Included.  Amend RSA 167-D:2, I by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraph:

(j)  Alerting individuals with diabetes to a change in blood sugar levels.

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