HB 628-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

11Mar2015… 0718h

2015 SESSION

15-0147

01/03

HOUSE BILL 628-FN

AN ACT relative to indemnification of health care 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

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill declares that any facility licensed under RSA 151 shall provide certain employment information to any other 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

15-0147

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

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

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

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

151:16-c Health Care Facilities; Disclosure of Employment Information; Immunity. Any 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 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.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.

LBAO

15-0147

Amended 03/13/15

HB 628-FN FISCAL NOTE

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

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