HB 1107 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
01/08
HOUSE BILL 1107
AN ACT relative to the retention of advance directives by hospitals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Beaudoin, Straf 9; Rep. Jones, Straf 24; Rep. S. Sweeney, Hills 23; Rep.?Hansen, Hills 22; Rep. LeBrun, Hills 32
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires hospitals to retain advance directives and living wills and include them as part of the patient’s medical record.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2094
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to the retention of advance directives by hospitals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Hospitals to Retain Advance Directives and Living Wills. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 21-b the following new section:
151:21-c Hospitals to Retain Advance Directives and Living Wills. Hospitals required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain advance directives and living wills executed pursuant to RSA?137-J and such directives shall be included in the patient’s medical record.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.