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HB149: (New Title) relative to patient rights and disclosures.

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

Sponsors

  • Craig House ยท Hills 50

Topics

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Official links

HB 149 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

13mar03... 0577h

2003 SESSION

03-0203

01/09

HOUSE BILL 149

AN ACT relative to patient rights and disclosures.

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires that the cause or contributing cause of patient injury shall be disclosed to the patient or the patient's representative and documented on the patient's record or chart.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13mar03... 0577h

03-0203

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to patient rights and disclosures.

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

1 New Paragraph; Patients' Bill of Rights; Disclosures Required. Amend RSA 151:21 by inserting after paragraph XX the following new paragraph:

XXI. The patient shall be entitled to know the cause or contributing cause of a patient injury. Such information shall be disclosed promptly to the patient or the patient's representative and shall be documented on the patient's record or chart.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.