Bill Text: NH SB235 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the patients trust fund and relative to a 10-bed psychiatric crisis unit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-05 - Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2014; Chapter 0315; Effective 07/01/2014 [SB235 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB235-Introduced.html

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SB 235 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2654

01/05

SENATE BILL 235

AN ACT relative to the patients’ trust fund.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the person to whom the facility is to give the quarterly reports of funds and possessions in the patients’ trust fund.

This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2654

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to the patients’ trust fund.

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

1 Patients’ Trust Fund. Amend RSA 151:24, III to read as follows:

III. A written receipt shall be given to a patient or a personal representative of the patient when personal funds and possessions are received by a facility [and] upon request, the facility shall furnish the patient or a personal representative of the patient with a quarterly statement of the funds and possessions. The statement shall contain the items and amounts received, the sources, the disposition, and the date of each transaction. Upon the discharge of a patient, the facility shall furnish the patient or a personal representative with a final statement and return all personal funds and possessions not later than 10 days after discharge. Upon the death of a patient, the facility shall furnish the executor, administrator, or voluntary administrator, upon proof of appointment, all personal funds and possessions of the deceased patient.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.