Bill Text: NH HB263 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-29 - Signed by the Governor on 7/28/2014; Chapter 0258; Effective Date 1/1/2015. [HB263 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB263-Amended.html
HB 263 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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HOUSE BILL 263
AN ACT relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.
This bill immunizes from civil and criminal liability persons who report someone as medically unfit to drive.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Drivers’ Licenses; Medically Unfit Person. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 6-c the following new section:
263:6-d Reporting Medically Unfit Person; Immunity. Any person including a physician, physical therapist, occupational therapist, chiropractor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or mental health worker who reasonably and in good faith believes a person cannot safely operate a motor vehicle based upon personal observation or professional opinion and who reports such to the department shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from making the report. All reports made and medical records reviewed and maintained by the department pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as necessary in an administrative hearing.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
LBAO
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Amended 02/26/14
HB 263 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2013-2282h), may increase state highway fund expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2015 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on state revenue, or county and local revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states this bill immunizes individuals, including medical professionals, from civil and criminal liability if they report another individual, who they have determined as medically unfit to operate a vehicle, to the Department. The Department states under this bill it would be required to review all such reports filed. The Department is unable to estimate how many such reports may be filed and whether or not it could handle the additional administrative requirements within its existing resources.
