HB 89 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

09-Feb-2011… 0037h

2011 SESSION

11-0335

04/01

HOUSE BILL 89

AN ACT requiring the attorney general to join the lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Reagan, Rock 1; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Ulery, Hills 27; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the attorney general to join the state of New Hampshire as a plaintiff in the lawsuit pending in federal court captioned State of Florida et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services et al.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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-Feb-2011… 0037h

11-0335

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT requiring the attorney general to join the lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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

1 Lawsuit Challenging the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The attorney general shall, no later than July 1, 2011, move to join the state of New Hampshire as a plaintiff in the lawsuit pending in federal court captioned State of Florida et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services et al.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.