Bill Text: NH SB351 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to managed care programs under workers' compensation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-13 - Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0215; Effective 01/01/2019 [SB351 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB351-Introduced.html
SB 351 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2759
01/04
SENATE BILL 351
AN ACT relative to managed care programs under workers' compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires persons employed as injury management facilitators for the purposes of workers' compensation to be approved by the commissioner of labor with ratification by the workers' compensation advisory council.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2759
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to managed care programs under workers' compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Injury Management Facilitators. Amend RSA 281-A by inserting after section 23-b the following new section:
281-A:23-c Injury Management Facilitators. Any person employed as an injury management facilitator by a managed care program, third party administrator, insurance carrier, or self-insured employer or employer group shall be approved by the commissioner with ratification by the workers' compensation advisory council.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
