I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all claims against any nonprofit entity, or any employee, trustee, or director of such nonprofit entity when acting in the scope of such person‘s elected or appointed capacity, providing clinical services of psychiatrists, other medical doctors, or psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners in accordance with any contract limited to such services entered into by the department of corrections.
II. The limitations on awards provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-B:14 shall not be increased by the proceeds from any insurance policy procured by a nonprofit entity, or any employee of such entity, included under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-B:21-a, I.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 541-B:21-a

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

III. This section shall apply only to claims arising out of incidents occurring after the effective date of this section.