Revision: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
HB 1138 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 1138
AN ACT relative to on-line patient information.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires a patient’s prior written approval before a health care provider may place the patient’s health information on the Internet.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2032
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to on-line patient information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Medical Records; Definition. Amend RSA 332-I:1, II to read as follows:
II. In this chapter, “health care provider” means any person, corporation, facility, or institution either licensed by this state or otherwise lawfully providing health care services, including, but not limited to, a physician, hospital, office, clinic, health center or other health care facility, including an assisted living facility, dentist, nurse, optometrist, pharmacist, podiatrist, physical therapist, or mental health professional, and any officer, employee, or agent of such provider acting in the course and scope of employment or agency related to or supportive of health care services.
2 New Subparagraph; Medical Records; Patient Information. Amend RSA 332-I:2 by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f) The health care provider shall not place the patient’s personal health information on the Internet without the patient’s prior written consent.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.