Bill Text - SB323 (2016)

(New Title) relative to the use of force by employees of hospitals or other health care facilities.


Revision: May 23, 2016, midnight

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CHAPTER 118

SB 323 - FINAL VERSION

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2016 SESSION

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SENATE BILL\t323

 

AN ACT\trelative to the use of force by employees of hospitals or other health care facilities.

 

SPONSORS:\tSen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

 

COMMITTEE:\tHealth and Human Services

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill gives employees of hospitals or other health care facilities the power to use force in certain cases.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to the use of force by employees of hospitals or other health care facilities.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t118:1  Physical Force by Persons With Special Responsibilities; Hospital and Health Care Facilities.  Amend RSA 627:6, V to read as follows:

\t\tV.  A person authorized by law to maintain decorum or safety in a vessel, aircraft, vehicle, train or other carrier, in a hospital or other health care facility, or in a place where others are assembled may use non-deadly force when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes it necessary for such purposes, but [he] the person may use deadly force only when he or she reasonably believes it necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury.

\t118:2  New Paragraph; Hospitals and Health Care Facilities; Use of Non-Deadly Force.  Amend RSA 627:6 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

\t\tVIII.  An employee authorized by a hospital or other health care facility may use non-deadly force when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes it necessary to maintain decorum or safety and may use deadly force only when he or she reasonably believes it necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury.

\t118:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2016

Effective Date: July 19, 2016