HB 1602-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2316

01/10

HOUSE BILL 1602-FN

AN ACT relative to dependent health insurance coverage.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches 7; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the law relative to insurance coverage for those persons less than 26 years of age and replaces it with insurance coverage for persons less than 18 years of age.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2316

01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to dependent health insurance coverage.

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

1 Insurance; Dependent Coverage. RSA 415:5, I(3) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(3) It purports to insure only one person, except that a policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon the application of an adult member of a family who shall be deemed the policyholder, any 2 or more eligible members of that family, including husband, wife, dependent children or any children under a specified age which shall not exceed 18 years and any other person dependent upon the policyholder; and

2 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 420-A:10-a, relative to dependent coverage.

II. RSA 420-B:8-aa, relative to dependent coverage.

III. RSA 420-C:4-a, relative to dependent coverage.

IV. RSA 420-F:5-a, relative to dependent coverage.

V. RSA 420-J:8-d, relative to dependent coverage.

VI. 2007, 352:8, relative to a report on dependent coverage.

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

LBAO

08-2316

Revised 01/16/08

HB 1602 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to dependent health insurance coverage.

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