Revision: Jan. 12, 2009, midnight
HB 40 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE BILL 40
AN ACT requiring sanctions against hospitals for failing to report infection rates.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hess, Merr 9; Rep. Batula, Hills 19; Rep. Charles McMahon, Rock 4; Rep. Pepino, Hills 11
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill allows the commissioner of the department of health and human services to impose an administrative fine for each day of noncompliance upon hospitals for failure to report infection rates.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0035
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT requiring sanctions against hospitals for failing to report infection rates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Report of Infection Rates; Administrative Fine. Amend RSA 151:33 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. In addition to other fines and penalties imposed under this chapter, the commissioner, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine of up to $1,000 for each day of noncompliance upon any hospital required to report infection rates under this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.