CHAPTER 226
HB 1274 – FINAL VERSION
07Mar2006… 1044h
05/04/06 2033s
2006 SESSION
01/03
HOUSE BILL 1274
AN ACT relative to certain disclosures to the department of health and human services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Matthew Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Martel, Dist 18
This bill requires a health care practitioner to report an ownership interest in certain health care facilities and businesses to their respective licensing boards instead of the department of health and human services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07Mar2006… 1044h
05/04/06 2033s
06-2134
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to certain disclosures to the department of health and human services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
226:1 Disclosure to Respective Boards; Ownership Interest. RSA 125:25-c is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
125:25-c Disclosure to the Licensing Authority.
I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any health care practitioner who has an ownership interest in an entity which provides diagnostic or therapeutic services shall disclose such interest to the appropriate licensing authority regardless of whether any referrals are provided to the health care practitioner’s entity or any other entity. In the disclosure to the appropriate licensing authority, the health care practitioner shall list all diagnostic and therapeutic services provided by any entity in which the health care practitioner has an ownership interest. Disclosure of ownership shall be made upon application for and renewal of the health care practitioner’s license, on the application and renewal form.
II. An entity which provides diagnostic and therapeutic services shall include services provided by an entity within a hospital, but which is not owned by the hospital.
III. This section shall not apply to in-office ancillary services.
IV. Failure to report such ownership interest may result in disciplinary action by the licensing authority.
226:2 Repeal. RSA 125:15-a, VIII, relative to rulemaking for certain disclosures, is repealed.
226:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
Approved: June 1, 2006
Effective: July 1, 2006