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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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