CHAPTER 284

HB 628-FN - FINAL VERSION

11Mar2015… 0718h

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1June2016... 1962CofC

2016 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 628-FN

AN ACT relative to indemnification of health care provider facilities under certain circumstances.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sherman, Rock 24; Rep. Byron, Hills 20; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill declares that any health care provider facility licensed under RSA 151 shall provide certain employment information to any other health care provider facility regarding an employee or prospective employee if the information was provided in good faith.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11Mar2015… 0718h

02/04/2016   0235s

1June2016... 1962CofC

15-0147

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to indemnification of health care provider facilities under certain circumstances.

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

284:1  New Section; Health Care Provider Facilities; Immunity From Liability.  Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 16-b the following new section:

151:16-c  Health Care Provider Facilities; Disclosure of Employment Information; Immunity.  Any health care provider facility licensed under this chapter shall, when acting in good faith, disclose employment information regarding misconduct and competency about a health care worker upon request of a prospective or current employer.  A health care provider facility and its directors and employees who provide information in accordance with this section shall be immune from civil liability for providing the information or for any consequences that result from the disclosure of the information unless it is alleged and proven that the information disclosed was false and disclosed with knowledge that such information was false.

284:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.

Approved: June 21, 2016

Effective Date: January 1, 2017