CHAPTER 171

SB 204-FN - FINAL VERSION

03/09/2023 0675s

8Jun2023... 2080h

2023 SESSION

23-0889

05/04

SENATE BILL 204-FN

AN ACT requiring trauma kits to be available in state-owned buildings.

SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 21; Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 13

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires that trauma kits be available in state-owned buildings and makes an appropriation to the department of administrative services for this purpose.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/09/2023 0675s

8Jun2023... 2080h 23-0889

05/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT requiring trauma kits to be available in state-owned buildings.

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

171:1 New Subdivision; Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Trauma Kit. Amend RSA 153-A by inserting after paragraph 33 the following new subdivision:

Trauma Kit

153-A:33-a Trauma Kit.

I. A trauma kit shall be installed and readily available in selected state-owned and state-occupied buildings. In this section, "trauma kit" means a first aid response kit that contains at least the following items:

(a) One tourniquet.

(b) One bleeding control bandage.

(d) One pair of blunt-ended scissors.

(e) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.

II. Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in subparagraphs I(a) to (d), and any additional items that are approved by the local EMS medical control, as defined in RSA 153-A:2, XV(a), may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in subparagraphs I(a) to (d), if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.

III. The department of administrative services, in consultation with the department of safety’s bureau of emergency medical services and the emergency medical services medical control board established in RSA 153-A:5, shall identify buildings in which the placement of a trauma kit is appropriate and should be prioritized, as well as criteria for the order of placement and a schedule for future placements.

IV. Nothing in this section shall require a property manager or person employed by a property managing entity on behalf of the state to respond to an emergency with the use of trauma kits.

V. This section shall not apply to a state-owned building that is vacant or under construction or renovation.

153-A:33-b Liability Limited. Any person who, in good faith and without compensation, renders emergency care by the use of a trauma kit shall not be liable for civil damages for any acts or omissions unless the acts or omissions were grossly negligent or purposeful.

171:2 Appropriation; Department of Administrative Services; Trauma Kits. The sum of $50,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, is hereby appropriated to the department of administrative services for the purchase and placement of trauma kits in state-owned buildings as provided in section 1 of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

171:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

Approved: July 28, 2023

Effective Date: July 01, 2023