Bill Text: NH HB237 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to federal mandated health insurance benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-03-15 - House Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 26, PG.696 [HB237 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB237-Introduced.html

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HB 237 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0090

01/09

HOUSE BILL 237

AN ACT relative to federal mandated health insurance benefits.

SPONSORS: Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 27

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires any health insurance benefits implemented pursuant to federal health care reform to be 100 percent funded by federal funds.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0090

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to federal mandated health insurance benefits.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Federal Health Care Reform 2010; Mandated Benefits. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 420-L:3 to read as follows:

The commissioner shall enforce the consumer protections and market reforms as set forth in the Act that relate to insurance; provided that any mandated health benefits shall be 100 percent federally funded. This shall not include the medical assistance program under RSA 167. The commissioner shall have full power and authority in accordance with the time frames set forth in the Act to:

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.