2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXX - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter 332-I - MEDICAL RECORDS, PATIENT INFORMATION, AND THE HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION CORPORATION
Section 332-I:7 - Corporation Established.

    332-I:7 Corporation Established. – There is hereby created a body politic and corporate having a distinct legal existence separate from the state and not constituting a department of state government, to be known as the New Hampshire health information organization corporation. The corporation is established exclusively for the charitable purposes set forth in this chapter, subject to the provisions of this chapter and section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor provision of the Internal Revenue Code. The corporation is hereby deemed to be a public instrumentality and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter and section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and shall be deemed and held to be the performance of essential health information organization functions which shall, among other things, promote the general health of the citizens of the state of New Hampshire. The corporation shall be the state's designated provider of health information exchange services. The corporation shall be a private nonprofit corporation solely in furtherance of those purposes that qualify the corporation as exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and shall have all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and all activities of the corporation shall be conducted in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the laws of the state of New Hampshire and the bylaws of the corporation, including, but not limited to, the power to receive and accept grants, loans, or advances of funds from any public or private agency and to receive and accept from any source, contributions of money, property, labor, or any other thing of value, to be held, used, and applied for the purposes of this chapter. It is intended that the health information organization established under this chapter be a public-private partnership for the benefit of all the citizens of the state of New Hampshire.

Source. 2011, 232:5, eff. July 5, 2011. 2012, 23:1, eff. April 25, 2012.