HB 1168 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1168
AN ACT relative to ambulatory surgical facilities owned in whole or in part by a hospital.
SPONSORS: Rep. Martel, Hills 45; Rep. P. Katsakiores, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
This bill allows ambulatory surgical facilities owned in whole or in part by a hospital to provide recovery care until the patient is discharged in an ambulatory condition.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2124
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to ambulatory surgical facilities owned in whole or in part by a hospital.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Ambulatory Surgical Facilities Owned by Hospitals. Amend RSA 151-C:2-a to read as follows:
151-C:2-a Ambulatory Surgical Facilities.
I. An ambulatory surgical facility may provide beds or other accommodations for the overnight stay of up to 5 patients not to exceed 24 hours from the time of admission. Thereafter, an individual patient shall be discharged in an ambulatory condition or shall be transferred to a health care facility.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, an ambulatory surgical facility owned in whole or in part by a hospital may provide recovery care for a patient until such patient shall be discharged in an ambulatory condition.
III. The rules adopted pursuant to 1996, 299:4 regarding quality and safety standards for overnight beds in ambulatory surgical facilities shall remain in effect and shall apply to paragraphs I and II.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.