I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person authorized under RSA 318-B:43 to operate a syringe service program may engage in eligible activities, as defined in paragraph IV.
II. State funds including, but not limited to, funds received by the state in the New Hampshire opioid litigation settlement may be used to support the activities of syringe service programs as permitted under this section and RSA 318-B:43.
III. No person shall be prohibited from using federal funds for eligible activities and syringe service programs as authorized in RSA 318-B:43, so long as the use of the federal funds is consistent with federal law and any rules governing use of the funds.
IV. In this section:
(a)"Drug checking" means the process of identifying, analyzing, or detecting the composit
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I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person authorized under RSA 318-B:43 to operate a syringe service program may engage in eligible activities, as defined in paragraph IV.
II. State funds including, but not limited to, funds received by the state in the New Hampshire opioid litigation settlement may be used to support the activities of syringe service programs as permitted under this section and RSA 318-B:43.
III. No person shall be prohibited from using federal funds for eligible activities and syringe service programs as authorized in RSA 318-B:43, so long as the use of the federal funds is consistent with federal law and any rules governing use of the funds.
IV. In this section:
(a) "Drug checking" means the process of identifying, analyzing, or detecting the composition of a drug or the presence or composition of an unexpected substance within the drug.
(b) "Drug checking equipment" means equipment, products, or materials used, designed for use, or intended for use to perform drug checking, including materials and items used by the person operating the equipment or products to store, measure, or process samples for analysis. Drug checking equipment includes fentanyl test strips, other immunoassay drug testing strips, colorimetric reagents, spectrometers such as Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman spectrometers, and equipment that uses high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Drug checking equipment does not include the substances being analyzed, drug packaging, or drug supplies.
(c) "Drug supplies" means hypodermic needles, syringes, preparation containers, cotton, filters, alcohol wipes, water, saline, tourniquets, disposal containers, wound care items, pipes, bubbles, snorting straws, pipe covers, and other items used in the consumption of drugs;
(d) "Eligible activities" means:
(1) Purchasing, obtaining, providing, transporting, distributing, using, or evaluating the use of drug checking equipment;
(2) Training, both initial and ongoing, about drug checking equipment, the process of drug checking, and the purpose of drug checking;
(3) Technical assistance concerning drug checking equipment, the process of drug checking, and the purpose of drug checking; and
(4) Providing drug supplies.