HB 35 - FINAL VERSION

23Feb2023... 0289h

2023 SESSION

23-0116

09/10

HOUSE BILL 35

AN ACT requiring student identification cards to include the National Eating Disorders Hotline.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Healey, Hills. 12; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Cannon, Straf. 12; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 5; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Education

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires grades 6-12 student identification cards to include the National Eating Disorders Helpline phone number.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23Feb2023... 0289h 23-0116

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT requiring student identification cards to include the National Eating Disorders Hotline.

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

1  Short Title.  This act shall be known as the Matthew Brown Act.

2  New Chapter; Eating Disorder Education.  Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 193-J the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 193-K

EATING DISORDER EDUCATION

193-K:1  Public School Identification Cards

I.  Each school district and chartered public school that serves any students in grades 6 through 12 that issues student identification cards shall include on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Eating Disorders Helpline.

II.  The requirement in paragraph I shall apply to any student identification card issued for the first time after the effective date of this section, or for replacement cards issued for damaged or lost student identification cards after the effective date of this section.

III.  Public schools and charter schools issuing student identification cards pursuant to this section shall annually and prior to the start of each school year certify to their respective governing bodies that the contact information being included on student identification cards for the National Eating Disorder Helpline is accurate and up to date.

IV.  The National Eating Disorders Helpline shall be labeled on student identification cards and include the current National Eating Disorders Helpline phone number at the time of the card's production.

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

VETOED June 29, 2023