Bill Text: NH SB45 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study opioid use in workers' compensation cases.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-04 - Sen. Bradley Moved Nonconcur with House Amendment 2544h, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; Senate Journal 4 [SB45 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB45-Amended.html
SB 45 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/19/2015 0819s
03/19/2015 0924s
6Jan2016... 2544h
2015 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 45
AN ACT establishing a committee to study opioid use in workers’ compensation cases.
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a committee to study opioid use in workers’ compensation cases.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/19/2015 0819s
03/19/2015 0924s
6Jan2016... 2544h
15-0867
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT establishing a committee to study opioid use in workers’ compensation cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study opioid use in workers’ compensation cases.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be from the labor, industrial and rehabilitation committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
I. The committee’s study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Obtaining information regarding pain medicine and specifically opioid use in workers’ compensation cases.
(b) The cost of opioid use for workers’ compensation cases.
(c) The correlation between opiod use in workers’ compensation cases and cases of addiction to the medicine.
(d) The feasibility of using a doctor-patient opioid use contract and its effects on opioid use.
II. The committee may solicit information from any person or entity the committee deems relevant to its study.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2016.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
