HB 1389 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 1389
AN ACT requiring hospitals to report on criteria for placing patients on waiting lists for organ transplants.
SPONSORS: Rep. Crane, Hills 21; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires hospitals to make an annual report on criteria for placing patients on waiting lists to receive organ transplants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2620
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT requiring hospitals to report on criteria for placing patients on waiting lists for organ transplants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Waiting Lists for Organ Transplants. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 18 the following new section:
151:18-a Waiting Lists for Organ Transplants. Any hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter shall make an annual report by January 15 on its criteria for placing patients on waiting lists to receive organ transplants, including whether its criteria include requirements that the patient be insured. The report shall be submitted to the commissioner of the department of health and human services, the members of the health, human services and elderly affairs committee of the house of representatives, and the members of the senate health and human services committee. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall make the report available to the public.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.