HB 1109 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2069
05/02
HOUSE BILL 1109
SPONSORS: Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 5; Rep. McDonnell, Rock. 25; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires student identification cards for students in grades 6-12 to include the helpline for the National Alliance for Eating Disorders.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2069
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
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 Alliance for 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 Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline is accurate and up to date.
IV. The National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline shall be labeled on student identification cards and include the current National Alliance for 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.