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Senator outlines changes to New Hampshire's trauma review committee to broaden representation
Summary
Sen. Suprante told the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee that SB 421 would expand membership on the statewide trauma medical review committee to include all four hospital trauma‑levels, a trauma survivor, injury‑prevention and rehabilitative‑medicine voices, and require an annual trauma system report to the governor.
Sen. Suprante, the prime sponsor of SB 421, told the House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs that New Hampshire's trauma statute has not been updated since 1999 and needs broader representation and clearer accountability.
"Trauma ... remains the leading causes of death between the ages of 1 and 44," Suprante said, arguing the committee should include representatives from every trauma‑hospital level, a survivor voice, injury‑prevention professionals, a Highway Safety Office representative and…
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