Bill Text - HB1284 (2018)

Relative to the reports required by the incapacitated and vulnerable adult fatality review committee.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 10:01 a.m.

HB 1284 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2080

01/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1284

 

AN ACT relative to the reports required by the incapacitated and vulnerable adult fatality review committee.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gagnon, Sull. 5; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Chandley, Hills. 22; Rep. Richardson, Coos 4; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 10; Sen. Carson, Dist 14

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill changes the reporting requirement of the incapacitated and vulnerable adult fatality review committee from annual to biennial.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2080

01/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the reports required by the incapacitated and vulnerable adult fatality review committee.

 

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

 

1  Incapacitated and Vulnerable Adult Fatality Review Committee; Reports.  Amend RSA 21-M:16, VII to read as follows:

VII.  The committee shall make [an annual] a biennial report, on or before the first day of November of each even-numbered year, beginning on November 1, [2008] 2020, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor describing any trends and patterns of deaths or serious injuries or risk factors, together with any recommendations for changes in law, policy, and practice that will prevent deaths and related serious occurrences.  The committee may also issue special reports when doing so is necessary to alert authorities or the public to the need for prompt corrective action.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.