Bill Text: NH HB95 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Permitting an insurer to operate a health maintenance organization as a line of business.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - House Signed by Governor 05/09/2011; Effective 07/08/2011; Chapter 0039 [HB95 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB95-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 39

HB 95 – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

11-0385

01/09

HOUSE BILL 95

AN ACT permitting an insurer to operate a health maintenance organization as a line of business.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches 7

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill allows an insurer to operate a health maintenance organization as a line of business.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0385

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT permitting an insurer to operate a health maintenance organization as a line of business.

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

39:1 Health Maintenance Organizations; Powers of Insurers and Hospital and Medical Service Corporations. Amend RSA 420-B:19, I to read as follows:

I. An insurance company licensed in this state, or a hospital, medical or health service corporation authorized to do business in this state, either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate, may organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. An insurance company licensed in this state, or a hospital, medical or health services corporation shall obtain a certificate of authority pursuant to RSA 420-B:2 and shall comply with all of the provisions of this chapter with respect to its health maintenance organization activities. Notwithstanding any other law which may be inconsistent herewith, any 2 or more such insurance companies, hospitals or medical service corporations, or subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance organization. The business of insurance is deemed to include the providing of health care services by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or a subsidiary thereof.

39:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 9, 2011

Effective Date: July 8, 2011