New Hampshire HB 1449: limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions.

Bill Text

HB 1449 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

11Mar2026... 0989h

04/16/2026 1426s

2026 SESSION

 26-2787

 12/07

HOUSE BILL 1449

AN ACT limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions.

SPONSORS: Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Rep. Morton, Hills. 39; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Sabourin dit Choiniere, Rock. 30; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill prohibits the operation of a vaccination clinic at schools during school hours with the exception of clinics which solely administer influenza vaccinations and clinics operating during public health emergencies.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11Mar2026... 0989h

04/16/2026 1426s 26-2787

 12/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Section; School Vaccination Clinics; Parent or Legal Guardian Required. Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 27-a the following new section: 

 200:27-b School Vaccination Clinics; Parent or Legal Guardian Required. 

 I. No public elementary or secondary school or chartered public school shall conduct a vaccination clinic at any time during school hours. 

 II. This section shall not apply: 

 (a) To public elementary or secondary school or chartered public school vaccination clinics where such clinics exclusively provide influenza vaccinations. 

 (b) During a public health emergency declared in accordance with state or federal law. 

 III. Nothing in this section shall affect the duties of school nurses as described in RSA 200:38, I(a). 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.