HB 1503 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2619

01/05

HOUSE BILL 1503

AN ACT authorizing minors 16 years of age or older to independently consent to medical procedures.

SPONSORS: Rep. Dyer, Hills. 37

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires licensed health care providers and health care facilities to obtain the independent consent of a minor 16 years of age or older before undergoing any medical procedure.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2619

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT authorizing minors 16 years of age or older to independently consent to medical procedures.

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

1  New Subdivision; Consent for Medical Procedures From Minors 16 Years of Age or Older Required.  Amend RSA 132 by inserting after section 40 the following new subdivision:

Consent for Medical Procedures From Minors 16 Years of Age or Older Required

132:41  Consent for Medical Procedures From Minors 16 Years of Age or Older Required.  A health care provider shall obtain the independent consent of any minor 16 years of age or older who undergoes any elective or non-elective medical procedure.  For the purposes of this subdivision,  "health care provider'' means any person, corporation, facility, or institution either licensed by this state or otherwise lawfully providing health care services.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.