HOUSE RECORD First Year of the 166th General Court State of Calendar and Journal of the 2019 Session New Hampshire Web Site Address: www.gencourt.state.nh.us Vol. 41 Concord, N.H. Wednesday, February 27, 2019 No. 6X HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 5 (Cont’d) Thursday, February 14, 2019 Rep. Ley moved that the House adjourn. Motion adopted. HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 6 Wednesday, February 27, 2019 The House assembled at 10:00 a.m., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer was offered by House Chaplain, Reverend Kate Atkinson, Rector of St. Paul’s Church in Concord. O God of healing and wholeness, we place in Your hands today all those things that are broken or dysfunc- tional, all those situations affected by division and discord, and we pray that You would restore them. We pray for Your suffering children, especially those dealing with painful injuries: broken bones, and other physical wounds, but also broken hearts and emotional trauma. We pray too for victims of broken homes and broken relationships, for people whose lifeline has snapped due to the loss of employment or housing, and for those who have lost their fragile grip on sanity. We pray for our country, and for the world, plagued by division and weakened by its loss of unity, for the structures and systems that have been damaged as a result, and the people whose lives have been affected. Bring healing to all of creation, O God. Make whole the broken bodies, hearts, and spirits of Your beloved people. Bring hope to places of hopelessness and pain, and restore this country, and all the world, to be once again the glorious expression of beauty and harmony You created it to be. Amen. Representative Liz McConnell, member from Brentwood, led the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was sung by Emily Bartlett of Brentwood. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Reps. Elliott, Fedolfi and Tilton, the day, illness. Reps. Buchanan, Burns, Cornell, Cote, Doherty, Edgar, Ellison, Fargo, Fontneau, Frost, Graham, Barbara Griffin, Harvey, Hennessey, Hunt, Major, Merlino, Moffett, Panasiti, Plumer, Somero, Somssich, Trento, Vincent, Wolf, Woodbury, Woods and Diggs, the day, important business. Rep. Petrigno, the day, death in the family. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Kaycee Reagan, student at Woodsville High School, Page for the day. Donna Alexander, and Lori Habener, mother and guest of Rep. Alexander. Evelyn and Alex Seaworth, daughter and son of Rep. Seaworth. Howard Trask, guest of Rep. Ticehurst. Deidre Reynolds, guest of Rep. Vail. Ben Telerski, son of Rep. Telerski. John Rung, and Semhal Berhe, husband and guest of Rep. Rung. Members of the New Hampshire School Nurses Association, guests of Rep. Campion. INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS The Speaker recognized Assistant Coach Kevin Archibald and Team Captains of the Winnisquam High School Division III State Volleyball Championship Team and Athletic Director Brian Contorchick and Team Captains of the Winnisquam High School Division IV Football Championship Team. 2 27 FEBRUARY 2019 HOUSE RECORD CONSENT CALENDAR Rep. Ley moved that the Consent Calendar with the relevant amendments as printed in the day’s House Record be adopted. HB 565-FN, directing the department of health and human services to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for supervised visitation centers, removed by Rep. McGuire. HB 545, prohibiting law enforcement officers from questioning a minor at school without a parent or guard- ian present, removed by Rep. Horn. HB 202, relative to requirements for presidential primary candidates, removed by Rep. Meuse. HB 706-FN-A, establishing an independent redistricting commission, removed by Rep. Boehm. HB 511-FN, relative to vaping, removed by Rep. Weber. Consent Calendar adopted. HB 332, prohibiting the use of certain therapies in private custody proceedings. INEXPEDIENT TO LEG- ISLATE. Rep. Francesca Diggs for Children and Family Law. This bill prohibits the courts in a parenting case from order- ing reunification therapy unless the parties agree to such therapy. The committee unanimously agreed that the bill was non-specific with regards to licensed professionals and is unnecessary if both parties agree. Vote 17-0. HB 521-FN, establishing a child abuse specialized medical evaluation program in the department of health and human services. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Skip Berrien for Children and Family Law. Child abuse and neglect victims need to have a medical evaluation by health care providers trained to perform appropriate diagnostic methods and to recommend appropriate treatment. This bill creates a system which permits each child abuse and neglect victim to receive the appropriate medical evaluations in a timely manner according to national standards. Vote 16-1. Amendment (0543h) Amend RSA 169-C:39-l, II as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following: II. Department nurses and child protective service workers performing screenings and assessments of reported cases of child abuse shall receive pre-service training in the standardized medical diagnostic meth- ods, treatment, and disposition as well as periodic in-service training by health care providers experienced in child abuse and neglect. Referred to the Committee on Finance. HB 633-FN, relative to service requirements for termination of parental rights cases originating as abuse and neglect cases. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Michelle St. John for Children and Family Law. This bill would permit the court to accept the initial notice and service of process as the first and final notice given to the parents, guardian, or person having legal custody of said child. While the committee sees value in the bill, the majority felt that the bill, as written, is not in the best interest of the child and could create unintended consequences. The committee felt that the notification process needs to be addressed. Vote 18-0. HB 161, prohibiting the use of false or deceptive caller identification information. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Michael Costable for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This bill that would prohibit a person engaged in solicitation using a telephone from preventing caller identification. It also prohibits such persons from using misleading, inaccurate or deceptive information. The committee recognizes the pervasive problem of spoof and deceptive calls. “Spoofing” is currently illegal under the federal Truth in Caller ID Act. Unfortunately, this bill cannot prevent a spoof call from occurring and neither the state of New Hampshire nor the Federal Commu- nications Commission (FCC) has the technology to enforce the law when they do occur. As we heard in public hearings and subcommittee work sessions, the “scammers” use very sophisticated software to obfuscate where the call actually originates, which makes it very difficult to track down. Even if they do find the originating number, the operation has long since moved. The FCC is the lead agency working on the issue. Vote 18-0. HB 179-FN-A, establishing a New Hampshire health access corporation. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Christy Bartlett for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This bill was filed to create a funding mechanism, similar to the Healthy Kids Foundation, to provide funding for the underinsured and uninsured populations in the state. Though an interesting concept, this bill does not address funding or solvency requirements and the committee felt we did not need to move forward now. This idea can be studied in the broad commission being proposed to consider single-payer health care insurance. Vote 18-0. HB 180, establishing a commission to examine the feasibility of the New England states entering into a compact for a single payer health care program. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Joyce Weston for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. The Commerce Committee received multiple bills to establish health care study commissions. To consolidate the process and avoid duplication, we have focused on two bills of particular merit and will incorporate concepts from the other bills into them. Vote 18-0. 27 FEBRUARY 2019 HOUSE RECORD 3 HB 197, relative to consumer protections for telephone, Internet, and cable service providers service inter- ruptions. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Kristina Fargo for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This bill, which would be an update to RSA 358- A:2 Regulation of Business Practices for Consumer Protection, would require cable television, internet or telephone service providers to provide pro-rated credits or rebates for a service interruption in excess of 72 hours. The committee found this bill unnecessary because the service providers testified that their current written policy is to provide credits to customers who inform them of any service interruption that is in excess of 24 hours. Vote 18-0. HB 262, relative to price quotes for home heating oil delivery. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Richard Abel for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. The bill would provide that the quoted price for a home heating oil delivery shall be valid until the delivery occurs. The committee found that in an industry in which commodity price fluctuates almost daily, it was inappropriate for state government to legislate that a price quotation, which does not promise a guaranty of delivery at the quoted price, be mandated for an unde- fined time period. The committee felt this was a matter that should be left to individual dealer policies. The retail dealers association stated it would communicate to its members the importance of telling customers its policy concerning the length of time it will honor a quote until delivery. Vote 18-0. HB 278, relative to the New Hampshire insurance department’s annual hearing requirement. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Edward Butler for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This bill updates the Insurance Commissioner’s annual public hearing requirement. It changes the annual date for the report, deletes outdated data or details that no longer make sense, and redirects collection of data specifically to the uniform hospital data set and the comprehensive health care information system, among others.