SB250: relative to ambulatory surgical facilities.

SB 250 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 250

AN ACT relative to ambulatory surgical facilities.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. M. MacKay, Hills 30; Rep. McMahon, Rock 7; Rep. Danielson, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes ambulatory surgical facilities to allow patients to stay in the facility for 48 hours from the time of admission. Current law requires that after 24 hours the patient shall be either discharged or transferred to another health care facility.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to ambulatory surgical facilities.

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

1 Ambulatory Surgical Facilities. Amend RSA 151-C:2-a to read as follows:

151-C:2-a Ambulatory Surgical Facilities. An ambulatory surgical facility may provide beds or other accommodations for the overnight stay of up to 5 patients not to exceed [24] 48 hours from the time of admission. Thereafter, an individual patient shall be discharged in an ambulatory condition or shall be transferred to a health care facility. The rules adopted pursuant to 1996, 299:4 regarding quality and safety standards for overnight beds in ambulatory surgical facilities shall remain in effect.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.