HB 370 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 370
AN ACT relative to withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.
SPONSORS: Rep. Mooney, Hills 19; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3
This bill clarifies the withholding or withdrawing of medically administered nutrition and hydration or life-sustaining treatment from a mentally incompetent or developmentally disabled person.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0082
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment. Amend RSA 137-J:10, IV(b) to read as follows:
(b) The withholding or withdrawing of medically administered nutrition and hydration or life-sustaining treatment from a mentally incompetent or developmentally disabled person, unless such person has a validly executed advance directive or such action is authorized by an existing guardianship or other court order[, or such action is taken in accordance with the facility's standard protocol as applicable to its general patient population].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.