Revision: Dec. 20, 2019, 10:55 a.m.
SB 466 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2873
01/08
SENATE BILL 466
AN ACT relative to the patient's bill of rights.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Klein-Knight, Hills. 11; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Bouchard, Hills. 11
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2873
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the patient's bill of rights.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Health Facility Licensure; Patients' Bill of Rights. Amend RSA 151:21, X to read as follows:
X. The patient shall be ensured confidential treatment of all information contained in the patient's personal and clinical record, including that stored in an automatic data bank, and the patient's written consent shall be required for the release of information to anyone not otherwise authorized by law to receive it, and no such information shall be transferred verbally or electronically to law enforcement without prior written approval from the patient or without a court order. Medical information contained in the medical records at any facility licensed under this chapter shall be deemed to be the property of the patient. The patient shall be entitled to a copy of such records upon request. The charge for the copying of a patient's medical records shall not exceed $15 for the first 30 pages or $.50 per page, whichever is greater; provided, that copies of filmed records such as radiograms, x-rays, and sonograms shall be copied at a reasonable cost.
2 Health Facility Licensure; Patients' Bill of Rights. Amend RSA 151:21, XVI to read as follows:
XVI. The patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of [race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, or source of payment, nor shall any such care be denied on account of the patient's sexual orientation]age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, marital status, familial status, disability, religion, national origin, source of income, source of payment, or profession.
3 Health Facility Licensure; Patients' Bill of Rights. Amend RSA 151:21, XVIII to read as follows:
XVIII. The patient shall be entitled to have the patient's parents, if a minor, or spouse, or next of kin, unmarried partner, or a personal representative chosen by the patient, if an adult, visit the facility, without restriction, if the patient is considered terminally ill by the physician responsible for the patient's care.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.