HB 75 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0032
11/05
HOUSE BILL 75
AN ACT renaming and adjusting the membership of the New Hampshire commission on
deafness and hearing loss.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23; Rep. Read,
Rock. 17; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13; Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep.
Merchant, Sull. 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. D'Allesandro,
Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the name of the New Hampshire commission on deafness and hearing loss to
the New Hampshire commission for the deaf and hard of hearing and adds members to the
commission.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
HB 75 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0032
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT renaming and adjusting the membership of the New Hampshire commission on
deafness and hearing loss.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Hampshire Commission on Deafness and Hearing Loss; Name Change. Amend the
2 chapter heading of RSA 125-Q to read as follows:
3 NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMISSION [ON DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS]
4 FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
5 2 New Hampshire Commission on Deafness and Hearing Loss; Name Change. Amend the
6 introductory paragraph of RSA 125-Q:1, I to read as follows:
7 I. A commission, to be known as the New Hampshire commission [on deafness and hearing
8 loss] for the deaf and hard of hearing is hereby created and established. The commission shall
9 consist of the following members:
10 3 New Subparagraphs; New Hampshire Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;
11 Membership. Amend RSA 125-Q:1, I by inserting after subparagraph (s) the following new
12 subparagraphs:
13 (t) A representative from a private nursing facility appointed by the New Hampshire
14 Health Care Association.
15 (u) A representative from a county nursing facility appointed by the New Hampshire
16 Association of Counties.
17 (v) A representative from an assisted living facility appointed by the New Hampshire
18 Association of Residential Care Homes (NHARCH).
19 4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 125-Q:1
Ought to Pass: 125-Q:1
latest version: 125-Q:1