{"id":"NH-068","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Hampshire","state":"NH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Hampshire General Court (HB 220, 2021); Governor\u0027s signature","authority":"2021 N.H. Laws ch. 131:1","instrument":"RSA 141-C:1-a, Medical Freedom in Immunizations (HB 220)","title":"Medical Freedom in Immunizations","dateIssued":"2021-07-23","effective":"2021-07-23","end":"In force (amended 2022, 269:1)","startDate":"2021-07-23","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX"],"addressees":["the State and every political subdivision (counties, cities, towns, school districts, SAUs, quasi-public entities)"],"clause":"I. Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities. II. Paragraph I shall not: (a) Limit the commissioner\u0027s authority to order treatment pursuant to RSA 141-C:15 or RSA 141-C:18, nor to order quarantine pursuant to RSA 141-C:11 or RSA 141-C:18.... (e) Apply to county nursing homes, the New Hampshire state hospital, or any other medical facility or provider operated by the state of New Hampshire or any political subdivision identified in paragraph I.","enforcement":"Statutory","functions":["HR vaccination policy of public employers and contractors","CB public-entity customers","VAX"],"notes":"Source note: \u00272021, 131:1, eff. July 23, 2021.\u0027 Read at gc.nh.gov and at the archived gencourt.state.nh.us page (capture 20220210165538).","sourceUrl":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/141-C/141-C-1-a.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220210165538/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/X/141-C/141-C-1-a.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":68903,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NH","url":"/library/NH-068","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NH-068","citation":"New Hampshire General Court (HB 220, 2021); Governor\u0027s signature, RSA 141-C:1-a, Medical Freedom in Immunizations (HB 220) (July 23, 2021) (Ex. NH-068)","stateName":"New Hampshire","related":["NH-069","NH-070","NH-073"]}