HB 244 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
27Mar2007… 0600h
2007 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 244
AN ACT repealing a certain provision of law regarding advance directives and mentally incompetent or developmentally disabled persons.
SPONSORS: Rep. N. Elliott, Hills 19; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Garcia, Rock 4
This bill repeals a provision of the law regarding advance directives relating to withholding or withdrawing of medically administered nutrition and hydration or life-sustaining treatments from mentally incompetent or developmentally disabled persons.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2007… 0600h
07-0006
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT repealing a certain provision of law regarding advance directives and mentally incompetent or developmentally disabled persons.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 137-J:10, IV(b), relative to withholding or withdrawing of medically administered nutrition and hydration from mentally incompetent or developmentally disabled persons, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.