Bill Text: NH HB1610 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring the department of health and human services to maintain certain records relative to the vaccine registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-22 - To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs [HB1610 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1610-Introduced.html
HB 1610-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2366
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1610-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15; Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of health and human services to maintain audit records regarding access to the state immunization/vaccination registry and allows registrants to review audit records related to their information.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2366
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Communicable Disease; Immunization Registry; Audit Records. Amend RSA 141-C:20-f, IV to read as follows:
IV. Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph VI(d), access to the information in the registry shall be limited to primary care physicians, nurses, other appropriate health care providers as determined by the commissioner, schools, child care agencies, and government health agencies or researchers demonstrating a legitimate need for such information as determined by the commissioner. The department shall maintain audit records of all access, reports, and corrections to registry records, including what information was accessed, when it was accessed, and by whom. The audit records shall be maintained for not less than 5 years.
2 Communicable Disease; Immunization Registry; Access to the Registry Records. Amend RSA 141-C:20-f, VI(d) to read as follows:
VI.(d) Procedures for the registrant, or the registrant's parent or guardian if the registrant is a minor, to review and correct information contained in the registry, including audit records related to the registrant's information.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2366
12/20/21
HB 1610-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | $0 | $0 |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to maintain audit records regarding access to the state immunization/vaccination registry and allow registrants to review records related to their personal information. Specifically, the Department would be required to maintain, for a period of not less than five years, records of all access, reports, and corrections to registry records. The Department notes that the immunization registry already includes an audit trail for each person's record as required by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). However, the current system stores only 90 days' worth of information in a medium readily accessible by Department staff. Cost estimates for modifications to allow for an extended time frame are not currently available from the Department's contracted vendor. Despite this, the Department assumes that if the intent of the bill is to allow extended access to data entry only, this could be done at no cost. If, on the other hand, the intent is to allow prolonged access to data analysis and reports, this functionality would need to be built into the system at a cost in excess of $100,000.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would take place in FY 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services
