HB 249 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 249
AN ACT relative to hospital rules for paramedics.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Hutchinson, Rock 3; Rep. Headd, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill prohibits hospitals from establishing their own rules which influence protocols for paramedics and other emergency medical personnel when determining which course of treatment is best for the patient.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0337
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to hospital rules for paramedics.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Treatment by Emergency Medical Personnel. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 9-b the following new section:
151:9-c Treatment by Emergency Medical Personnel. Hospitals shall not establish their own rules which influence general or specific protocols for paramedics and other emergency personnel when such persons are determining the best course of treatment for a patient, including whether to airlift the patient.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.