Bill Text: NH SB466 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to the patient's bill of rights.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Died on Table [SB466 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB466-Amended.html

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SB 466 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

02/06/2020   0314s

2020 SESSION

20-2873

01/08

 

SENATE BILL 466

 

AN ACT relative to the patient's bill of rights.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Klein-Knight, Hills. 11; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Bouchard, Hills. 11

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the patients' bill of rights.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/06/2020   0314s 20-2873

01/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the patient's bill of rights.

 

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

 

1  Health Facility Licensure; Patients' Bill of Rights.  Amend RSA 151:21, XVI to read as follows:

XVI.  The patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of [race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, or source of payment, nor shall any such care be denied on account of the patient's sexual orientation]age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, marital status, familial status, disability, religion, national origin, source of income, source of payment, or profession.

2  Health Facility Licensure; Patients' Bill of Rights.  Amend RSA 151:21, XVIII to read as follows:

XVIII.  The patient shall be entitled to have the patient's parents, if a minor, or spouse, or next of kin, unmarried partner, or a personal representative chosen by the patient, if an adult, visit the facility, without restriction, if the patient is considered terminally ill by the physician responsible for the patient's care.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.