Bill Text: NH SB367 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Reestablishing the commission to study the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-06-03 - II. Remainder Effective 05/31/2024 [SB367 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB367-Enrolled.html
SB 367 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2024 SESSION
24-2954
11/05
SENATE BILL 367
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill reestablishes the commission to study the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2954
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Commission to Study the Incidence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in First Responders Reestablished. RSA 281-A:17-e is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
281-A:17-e Commission to Study the Incidence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in First Responders Reestablished.
I.(a) There is reestablished the commission to study the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders and whether such disorder should be covered under workers' compensation. Notwithstanding RSA 14:49, II(c), the members of the commission shall be as follows:
(1) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(2) Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be from the labor, industrial and rehabilitative services committee, one of whom shall be from the executive departments and administration committee, and one of whom shall be from the state-federal relations and veterans affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(3) The labor commissioner, or designee.
(4) The commissioner of safety, or designee.
(5) The insurance commissioner, or designee.
(6) The commissioner of the department of corrections, or designee.
(7) A representative of the New Hampshire Municipal Association, appointed by the association.
(8) A representative of the New Hampshire Association of Counties, appointed by the association.
(9) A representative of the National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire, appointed by the alliance.
(10) A fire chief, appointed by the New Hampshire Association of Fire Chiefs.
(11) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police.
(12) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Police Association.
(13) A representative of the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire, appointed by that organization.
(14) A representative of the New Hampshire Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, appointed by the association.
(15) A representative of the New Hampshire Public Risk Management Exchange, appointed by that organization.
(16) An attorney, appointed by the New Hampshire Association for Justice.
(b) Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
II.(a) The commission shall study:
(1) Options for streamlining the worker's compensation process in order to avoid re-traumatization of first responders with PTSD.
(2) Comfort dog standards.
(3) The addition of "part-time volunteer first responder" to a funeral director's death certificate drop-down menu.
(4) Any other matter the commission deems appropriate for study.
(b) The commission may solicit input from any person or entity the commission deems relevant to its study.
III. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Nine members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
IV. On or before November 1, 2024, the commission shall submit an interim report of its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library and shall submit a final report on or before November 1, 2025.
2 Repeal. RSA 281-A:17-e, relative to the commission to study the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders, is repealed.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2025.
II. The remainder of this his act shall take effect upon its passage.
