Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1398 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
01/03
HOUSE BILL 1398
AN ACT allowing a surviving spouse to have access to the deceased spouse’s medical records when there is no estate administration.
SPONSORS: Rep. Emerson, Ches 7; Rep. W. Smith, Rock 18; Rep. Kotowski, Merr 9; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill allows a surviving spouse to have access to the deceased spouse’s medical records when there is no estate administration.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT allowing a surviving spouse to have access to the deceased spouse’s medical records when there is no estate administration.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Medical Records of Deceased Spouse. Amend RSA 560 by inserting after section 21 the following new section:
560:22 Medical Records of Deceased Spouse. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the surviving spouse may have access to the medical records of his or her deceased spouse where there is no estate administration.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.