Bill Text: NH SB428 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 14Y-10N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 03/03/2016; Senate Journal 7 [SB428 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB428-Introduced.html
SB 428 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2887
05/10
SENATE BILL 428
AN ACT relative to arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.
SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits a nursing facility from requiring that a patient sign a mandatory arbitration agreement.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2887
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Residential Care and Health Care Facility Licensing; Patients' Bill of Rights; Arbitration Agreements. Amend RSA 151:21 by inserting after paragraph XXI the following new paragraph:
XXII. The patient shall not be required to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement as a precondition for medical treatment or admission to the facility. Any such agreement shall be void and unenforceable.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
