Bill Text - SB428 (2016)

Relative to arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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SB 428  - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

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SENATE BILL\t428

 

AN ACT\trelative to arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.

 

SPONSORS:\tSen. Soucy, Dist 18

 

COMMITTEE:\tHealth and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill prohibits a nursing facility from requiring that a patient sign a mandatory arbitration agreement.

 

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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.

 

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

 

\t1  New Paragraph; Residential Care and Health Care Facility Licensing; Patients' Bill of Rights; Arbitration Agreements.  Amend RSA 151:21 by inserting after paragraph XXI the following new paragraph:

\t\tXXII.  The patient shall not be required to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement as a precondition for medical treatment or admission to the facility.  Any such agreement shall be void and unenforceable.

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.