Bill > HB1562

This bill modifies licensing requirements and patient rights for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based or direct payment business model. Specifically, the bill exempts such facilities from the existing moratorium on issuing new licenses for nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities. These membership-based or direct-pay facilities will be excluded from certain existing policy requirements, such as providing services regardless of payment source, and will instead be subject to a new, more tailored "Patients' Bill of Rights" that outlines comprehensive protections for patients. The bill ensures that patients in these facilities retain critical rights, including dignity, privacy, informed consent, freedom from abuse, confidentiality of medical records, and non-discriminatory treatment. Additionally, the bill requires the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study examining the impact of direct payment healthcare models on the state's healthcare system by June 30, 2027, with a specific focus on the implementation of the direct primary care law. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage and is not expected to require additional state funding.

Health and Social Services

https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1558&inflect=2