Bill Text: NH HB628 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to indemnification of health care facilities under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-21 - Sen. Sanborn moved to Rerefer to Committee, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; Senate Journal 15 [HB628 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB628-Introduced.html

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HB 628-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 628-FN

AN ACT relative to indemnification of health care facilities under certain circumstances.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sherman, Rock 24; Rep. Byron, Hills 20; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill declares that any facility licensed under RSA 151 may provide employment information to any other facility regarding an employee or prospective employee if the information was provided in good faith.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to indemnification of health care facilities under certain circumstances.

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

1 New Section; Health Care Facilities; Immunity From Liability. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 16-b the following new section:

151:16-c Health Care Facilities; Disclosure of Employment Information; Immunity. Any facility licensed under this chapter may, when acting in good faith, disclose employment information regarding a health care worker upon request of a prospective or current employer. A facility and its directors and employees who provide information in accordance with this section shall be immune from civil liability for providing the information or for any consequences that result from the disclosure of the information unless it is alleged and proven that the information disclosed was false and disclosed with knowledge that such information was false.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.

LBAO

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HB 628-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to indemnification of health care facilities under certain circumstances.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, as it is awaiting information from the Department of Health and Human Services, who was contacted on 12/30/14. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.