CHAPTER 161

HB 51 – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 51

AN ACT relative to screening panel members for screening panels for medical injury claims.

SPONSORS: Rep. G. Richardson, Merr 4

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the qualifications required of screening panel members for screening panels for medical injury claims.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to screening panel members for screening panels for medical injury claims.

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

161:1 Screening Panel Members; Medical Screening Panels. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 519-B:3, II to read as follows:

II. Screening panel members shall meet the same qualifications required of jurors set forth in RSA 500-A:12 and shall be selected as follows:

161:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.

Approved: June 14, 2011

Effective Date: January 1, 2012