CHAPTER 270
HB 1606 - FINAL VERSION
15Mar2022... 0919h
05/05/2022 1687s
2022 SESSION
22-2150
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1606
AN ACT relative to administration of the state immunization registry.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15;
Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 4; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep.
Bordes, Belk. 3; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 26; Rep. McLean, Hills. 44; Sen. Avard, Dist 12;
Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires a patient to have the opportunity to opt-out or opt-in to the immunization registry.
The bill also provides that a patient's personal data shall not be entered into the registry without their
explicit consent.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 CHAPTER 270
HB 1606 - FINAL VERSION
15Mar2022... 0919h
05/05/2022 1687s 22-2150
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to administration of the state immunization registry.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 270:1 New Paragraph; Communicable Disease; Immunization Registry; Opportunity to Opt-out or
2 Opt-in to the Registry. Amend RSA 141-C:20-f by inserting after paragraph II the following new
3 paragraph:
4 II-a. Each patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is a minor, shall be given the
5 opportunity to opt-out or opt-in to the immunization registry. No patient’s personal data, such as name,
6 address, date of birth, immunization, or vaccination information, shall be entered into the registry without
7 the explicit, written or electronic consent of the patient, or the patient’s parent or guardian.
8 270:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
Approved: June 24, 2022
Effective Date: July 01, 2023
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 141-C:20-f
As Amended by the House: 141-C:20-f
As Amended by the Senate: 141-C:20-f
Version adopted by both bodies: 141-C:20-f
CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: 141-C:20-f
latest version: 141-C:20-f