2022, 340:3 inserts "PATIENT" preceding "COMMISSION" in the RSA 151-G chapter heading effective July 1, 2023. 151-G:1 Commission Established; Membership. – I. There is established a commission to review and analyze quality of care issues including, but not limited to, medical errors, unexpected adverse outcomes, and near misses, and to propose changes to improve […]
151-G:2 Duties. – The commission shall review and analyze quality care issues including, but not limited to, medical errors, unexpected adverse outcomes, and near misses, and it shall propose changes that will improve health care. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, reviews and reports currently required by or submitted to […]
151-G:3 Chair; Vice-Chair. – The members of the commission shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among the members at the first meeting. The term of the chair and vice-chair shall be 2 years and until successors are elected. The chair shall be responsible for the orderly proceedings of the commission meetings and for […]
151-G:4 Education. – Each member of the commission shall be responsible for the dissemination of commission discussions to his or her respective institutions. All such information shall be disseminated through each participant’s quality assurance program in order to protect the confidentiality of all participants and patients involved in any incident or topic discussed. Source. […]
151-G:5 Confidentiality. – All information of any type submitted to or collected by the commission, including, but not limited to, written, oral, and electronic information; records and proceedings of the commission, including, but not limited to, oral testimony and discussions, notes, minutes, summaries, analyses, and reports; and information disseminated by the commission or its […]
151-G:6 Administration. – The commission may delegate to the Foundation for Healthy Communities the functions of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating quality assurance information, organizing and convening meetings of the commission, and other substantive and administrative tasks as may be incident to these activities or directed by the commission. The activities of the Foundation for […]
151-G:7 Reports. – On or before June 1 of each year, the commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the governor, and the health and human services oversight committee established in RSA 126-A:13. Such report shall describe the activities […]
151-G:8 Rulemaking. – The commissioner of health and human services, with the advice and consent of a majority of members of the commission, shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, to assure de-identification of all individuals and facilities involved in the cases reviewed. Source. 2005, 157:2, eff. Aug. 20, 2005.