CHAPTER 44
HB 391 - FINAL VERSION
14Feb2023... 0152h
2023 SESSION
23-0590
05/08
HOUSE BILL 391
SPONSORS: Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 29; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of environmental services and the department of health and human services to enter into a memorandum of understanding on cooperation regarding data sharing. The bill also changes the reporting requirement from 6 months to an annual basis and requires it to be submitted to the commission on the environmental and public health impacts of PFAS.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14Feb2023... 0152h 23-0590
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
44:1 Data Sharing Between the Department of Environmental Services and the Department of Health and Human Services; Memorandum of Understanding. Amend RSA 126-A:76, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Enter into [an updated] a memorandum of [agreement] understanding on cooperation regarding data sharing between the department of health and human services and the department of environmental services.
44:2 Data Sharing Between the Department of Environmental Services and the Department of Health and Human Services; Memorandum of Agreement; Reporting Requirement. Amend RSA 126-A:76, III to read as follows:
III. On or before September 1, 2019, and at a minimum every [6 months] year thereafter, the commissioners of the department of environmental services and the department of health and human services shall submit a report regarding the data sharing practices required under paragraph I to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the state library, the commission on the environmental and public health impacts of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, established in RSA 126-A:79-a, and the commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illness. [The report shall include results of the 2-way pilot project between the departments on arsenic in drinking water, where both health effects and environmental data exist.]
44:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 19, 2023
Effective Date: July 18, 2023