Revision: May 27, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 98
HB 1169 – FINAL VERSION
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2010 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 1169
AN ACT relative to the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill makes changes to the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
98:1 New Subparagraph; New Hampshire Health Care Quality Assurance Commission; Membership. Amend RSA 151-G:1, II by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:
(e) One member-at-large appointed by the governor.
98:2 Reports. Amend RSA 151-G:7 to read as follows:
151-G:7 Reports. On or before June 1 of each year, the commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, [and] the governor, and the health and human services oversight committee established in RSA 126-A:13. Such report shall describe the activities of the commission, indicate the extent of each institution's participation, state the aggregate relative frequency of the causes of the medical errors, unexpected adverse outcomes, and near misses reviewed and, to the extent possible, identify strategies for reducing preventable adverse events. Any information about processes or clinical outcomes provided pursuant to this section shall be aggregate data only and shall not reference individual incidents, patients, health care providers, or institutions.
98:3 Commission Extended. Amend 2005, 157:4, I to read as follows:
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, [2010] 2015.
98:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 26, 2010
Effective Date: May 26, 2010