CHAPTER 52
HB 1003 - FINAL VERSION
10Mar2022... 0702h
2022 SESSION
22-2209
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1003
AN ACT prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on
patient vaccination status.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2; Rep. Kelsey, Hills. 7; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. A. Lekas,
Hills. 37; Rep. Roy, Rock. 32; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 26; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that a patient shall not be denied admission, care, or services based solely on the
patient's vaccination status.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 52
HB 1003 - FINAL VERSION
10Mar2022... 0702h 22-2209
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on
patient vaccination status.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 52:1 New Paragraph; Patients' Bill of Rights; Vaccination Status. Amend RSA 151:21 by inserting
2 after paragraph XXI the following new paragraph:
3 XXII. The patient shall not be denied admission, care, or services based solely on the patient's
4 vaccination status.
52:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: May 20, 2022


Statutes affected:
As Amended by the House: 151:21
Version adopted by both bodies: 151:21
CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: 151:21