Bill Text: NH HB1391 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to blood drawn from patients with hemochromatosis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-31 - Interim Study Report: Not Recommended For Future Legislation (Vote 13-0) [HB1391 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1391-Introduced.html

HB 1391 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1391

AN ACT relative to blood drawn from patients with hemochromatosis.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 13

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires licensed health care facilities which accept blood donations to seek a waiver from the federal Food and Drug Administration to enable the facility to use blood drawn from certain patients.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to blood drawn from patients with hemochromatosis.

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

1 New Section; Facilities Accepting Blood Donations. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 12-b the following new section:

151:12-c Facilities Accepting Blood Donations Required to Seek Waiver. Facilities licensed pursuant to this chapter which accept blood donations shall seek a waiver from the federal Food and Drug Administration permitting them to use blood drawn from hemochromatosis patients.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.

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