HB 1210 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2175
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1210
AN ACT relative to exemptions from vaccine mandates.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 4; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs a private employer, postsecondary institution, or clinical site for educational programs to accept requests from employees or students for exemptions from vaccine mandates. The bill also prohibits an employer from requiring any medical treatment that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration only for emergency or experimental use.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2175
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to exemptions from vaccine mandates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Communicable Disease; Exemption from Vaccination Mandates. Amend RSA 141-C by inserting after section 20-f the following new section:
141-C:20-g Exemption from Vaccination Mandates; Private Employers, Postsecondary Educational Institutions, Clinical Sites for Educational Programs.
I. Any private employer, postsecondary institution, or institution that provides clinical sites for educational programs, that mandates vaccinations shall, upon an employee or student's request for a medical, religious, or conscientious objector exemption, grant such exemption.
II. The employee or student's written request shall simply state: “I, (employee/student name), hereby submit a request for a medical, religious, or conscientious objector exemption from the mandated vaccinations. [Employee/Student Signature and Date]” and it shall be granted.
III. No employer shall mandate any medical treatment that is considered by the United States Food and Drug Administration in emergency use authorization status or an experimental product.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.