HB 202 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0388

01/09

HOUSE BILL 202

AN ACT relative to provisions in insurance policies limiting payment of full benefits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Nixon, Hills 17

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits insurers from including provisions in insurance policies which limit the payment of full benefits to policyholders.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0388 01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to provisions in insurance policies limiting payment of full benefits.

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

1 New Section; Coordination of Benefits Prohibited. Amend RSA 400-A by inserting after section 32-b the following new section:

400-A:32-c Provisions for Coordinating Benefits Prohibited. Insurers, including those writing motor vehicle insurance policies, shall not include in insurance policies coordination of benefits provisions which limit the payment of full benefits to their insureds.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.