New Hampshire HB1653 ensures patients at freestanding emergency facilities can choose their transfer hospital.

New Hampshire HB1653 amends RSA 151 to establish rules for freestanding hospital emergency facilities (FHEFs). It mandates that FHEFs allow patients or their representatives to choose the receiving hospital for transfer when medically necessary. FHEFs must not restrict, limit, or direct transfers exclusively to the parent hospital, except when required by federal law.

New Hampshire HB1653 ensures patients at freestanding emergency facilities can choose their transfer hospital.

New Hampshire HB1653 amends RSA 151 to establish rules for freestanding hospital emergency facilities (FHEFs). It mandates that FHEFs allow patients or their representatives to choose the receiving hospital for transfer when medically necessary. FHEFs must not restrict, limit, or direct transfers exclusively to the parent hospital, except when required by federal law.