Revision: Dec. 16, 2015, midnight
HB 337 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
01/05
HOUSE BILL 337
AN ACT relative to the patients’ bill of rights.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 21; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill declares that if a patient admitted to a facility is not of sound mind as determined by a physician or a court, the wishes of the patient’s immediate family or guardian shall take precedence over the provisions of the patients’ bill of rights.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0275
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to the patients’ bill of rights.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Exception to Patients’ Bill of Rights. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 21-a the following new section:
151:21-aa Exception to Patients’ Bill of Rights. If a patient admitted to a facility, except a residential care facility, is not of sound mind as determined by a physician or a court, the wishes of the patient’s immediate family or legal guardian shall take precedence over the provisions of RSA?151:21.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.