New Hampshire Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Commission

Commission

A commission the General Court lists among its statutory committees.

Class
Statutory Committeefiled under the House
Set Up
2005by HB 514
Members
1 legislatorand 7 other seats
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MLA
“New Hampshire Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Commission.” Granite Record, https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1424. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.
APA
Granite Record. (n.d.). New Hampshire Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Commission. Retrieved 19 Oct. 2026, from https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1424
Chicago
Granite Record. “New Hampshire Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Commission.” Accessed 19 Oct. 2026. https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1424.
BibTeX
@misc{committee-ss1424, title = {New Hampshire Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Commission}, howpublished = {Granite Record}, url = {https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1424}, note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026} }

What It Does

Set up by HB 514 of 2005, chapter 157:2 of the Laws of 2005, in effect from August 20, 2005.

The statute it sits in: RSA 151-G:1, Commission Established; Membership.

Changed since by HB 1741 (2006), HB 1169 (2010), HB 1269 (2016), SB 26 (2019), SB 459 (2022).

First Meeting
151-G:3 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 compliance with mandates of this chapter. The vice-chair shall serve in the absence of the chair.
Ends
March 1, 2034

Report

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 members to [acute care] hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, shall be confidential andprivileged and shall be protected from direct or indirect means of discovery, subpoena, or admissioninto evidence in any judicial, administrative, or other type of proceeding.

Filed
No report is on file.

Members

Representatives 1

Other Members 7

  • Three members-at-large, one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one member appointed by the president of the senate, and one member appointed by the governor2 seats on record · Appt. by Senate Pres., Appt. by Governor
  • The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.1 seat on record · DHHS: Designee
  • The state epidemiologist, department of health and human services, or designee.1 seat on record
  • The chief executive officer of the New Hampshire hospital, or designee.1 seat on record · CEO NH Hospital
  • Three members-at-large, one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate, and one of whom shall be appointed by the governor.1 seat on record · Member at large appt. by Senate President
  • [One member-at-large] Three members-at-large, one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one member appointed by the president of the senate, and one member appointed by the governor.1 seat on record · member at-large

The General Court’s database names the legislators who sit on it; the other members’ names are on its own page for the committee, and are not here yet.

Meetings

No meeting of it is in the General Court’s record, which holds the study and statutory committees’ meetings of 1991 to 2015 and from 2024 on.