Bill Text: NH SB310 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Expanding the defense and indemnification provided under RSA 99-D to certain claims filed with and investigations by professional licensing boards, committees, and regulatory agencies, and repealing the commission to study expansion of defense and indemnification rights to certain state employees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-22 - Signed by the Governor on 06/21/2016; Chapter 0296; Effective 06/21/2016 [SB310 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB310-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 296
SB 310 - FINAL VERSION
11May2016... 1236h
06/01/2016 2007CofC
2016 SESSION
16-2693
09/08
SENATE BILL 310
AN ACT expanding the defense and indemnification provided under RSA 99-D to certain claims filed with and investigations by professional licensing boards, committees, and regulatory agencies, and repealing the commission to study expansion of defense and indemnification rights to certain state employees.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Hansen, Hills. 22; Rep. A. Christie, Rock. 37
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments And Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill expands the defense and indemnification provided under RSA 99-D to certain claims filed with and investigations by professional licensing boards, committees, and regulatory agencies.
This bill also repeals the commission to study the expansion of defense and indemnification rights to certain state employees.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06/01/2016 2007CofC 16-2693
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT expanding the defense and indemnification provided under RSA 99-D to certain claims filed with and investigations by professional licensing boards, committees, and regulatory agencies, and repealing the commission to study expansion of defense and indemnification rights to certain state employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
296:1 New Section; Complaints or Investigations Arising From Licensing Board, Committee, or Regulatory Agency Matters. Amend RSA 99-D by inserting after section 10 the following new section:
99-D:11 Complaints or Investigations Arising From Licensing Board, Committee, or Regulatory Agency Matters.
I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all complaints filed with or investigations by a professional licensing board, committee, or regulatory agency against any state officer, trustee, official, employee, member of the general court, or other person identified in RSA 99-D:2 when acting in the scope of such person's official elected, appointed, or state employment duty and not in a wanton or reckless manner.
II. This section shall apply only to complaints or investigations arising out of incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2013.
296:2 Repeal. RSA 99-D:10, relative to the commission to study expansion of defense and indemnification rights to certain state employees, is repealed.
296:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 21, 2016
Effective Date: June 21, 2016
