HB 434 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 434
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Under this bill, persons who die in nursing homes shall, to the extent possible, be placed in a vacant room away from other residents of the nursing home.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0372
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to persons who die in nursing homes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Deceased Persons. Amend RSA 151-A by inserting after section 15 the following new section:
151-A:15-a Deceased Persons in Nursing Homes. A nursing home administrator shall, to the extent possible, ensure that deceased persons awaiting release to a funeral director are placed in a vacant room away from other residents of the nursing home.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.