Bill Text: NH HB1273 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to licensure of health care professionals employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-17 - Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; Senate Journal 18 [HB1273 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1273-Amended.html

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HB 1273 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

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2018 SESSION

18-2476

01/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1273

 

AN ACT relative to licensure of health care professionals employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Stone, Rock. 1

 

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill suspends for the biennium ending June 30, 2019 licensure requirements for certain physicians, nurses, and physician assistants employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

 

This bill also changes the reporting date of the state veteran's advisory committee.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to licensure of health care professionals employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

 

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

 

1  Licensure of Physicians; Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Suspension During Biennium.  Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 329, the requirements for licensure of certain physicians in New Hampshire employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center shall be suspended beginning on the effective date of this act and through the biennium ending June 30, 2019.

2  Licensure of Nurses; Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Suspension During Biennium.  Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 326-B, the requirements for licensure of certain nurses in New Hampshire employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center shall be suspended beginning on the effective date of this act and through the biennium ending June 30, 2019.

3  Licensure of Physicians Assistants; Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Suspension During Biennium.  Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 328-D, the requirements for licensure of certain physicians assistants in New Hampshire employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center shall be suspended beginning on the effective date of this act and through the biennium ending June 30, 2019.

4  Applicability.  The suspensions provided for in sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act shall only apply to those medical professionals employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), located at 718 Smyth Road in Manchester, provided that the medical professional:

I.  Is acting within the scope of his or her employment at the Manchester VAMC; and

II.  Possesses a current license in good standing in his or her respective state or country of licensure; and

III.  Is certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and maintains that certification; and

IV.  Is credentialed by any medical facility licensed in New Hampshire.

5  State Veterans' Advisory Committee; Report.  Amend RSA 115-A:8, III to read as follows:

III.  The committee shall issue [biannual] annual reports of its actions, findings, and recommendations on [May] October 1 [and November 1] of each year to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the governor and council, and all veterans' organizations in the state.

6  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.