HB 1340 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2073

01/04

HOUSE BILL 1340

AN ACT relative to reimbursing chiropractors.

SPONSORS: Rep. McKinney, Rock 3; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that chiropractors be reimbursed directly or by a check payable to the insured and the chiropractor subject to the terms and condition of the policy, plan, or contract.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2073

01/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to reimbursing chiropractors.

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

1 New Section; Chiropractors; Reimbursement. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 6-q the following new section:

415:6-r Reimbursement for Chiropractors. Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance that constitutes health coverage under RSA 420-G:2, IX, and that provides benefits for medically necessary chiropractor services shall reimburse the chiropractor directly or by a check payable to the insured and the chiropractor subject to the terms and conditions of the policy, plan, or contract.

2 New Section; Chiropractors; Reimbursement. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 18-v the following new section:

415:18-w Reimbursement for Chiropractors. Each insurer that issues or renews any policy of group or blanket accident or health insurance that constitutes health coverage under RSA 420-G:2, IX, and that provides benefits for medically necessary chiropractor services shall reimburse the chiropractor directly or by a check payable to the insured and the chiropractor subject to the terms and conditions of the policy, plan, or contract.

3 Health Service Corporations; Coverage Provided by Doctors of Naturopathic Medicine. Amend RSA 420-A:2 to read as follows:

420-A:2 Applicable Statutes. Every health service corporation shall be governed by this chapter and the relevant provisions of RSA 161-H, and shall be exempt from this title except for the provisions of RSA 400-A:39, RSA 401-B, RSA 402-C, RSA 404-F, RSA 415-A, RSA 415-F, RSA 415:6, II(4), RSA 415:6-g, RSA 415:6-k, RSA 415:6-m, RSA 415:6-o, RSA 415:6-r, RSA 415:18, V, RSA 415:18, VII(g), RSA 415:18, XVI and XVII, RSA 415:18, VII-a, RSA 415:18-a, RSA 415:18-j, RSA 415:18-o, RSA 415:18-r, RSA 415:18-t, RSA 415:18-u, RSA 415:18-v, RSA 415:18-w, RSA 415:22, RSA 417, RSA 417-E, RSA 420-J, and all applicable provisions of title XXXVII wherein such corporations are specifically included. Every health service corporation and its agents shall be subject to the fees prescribed for health service corporations under RSA 400-A:29, VII.

4 Health Maintenance Corporations; Coverage Provided by Doctors of Naturopathic Medicine. Amend RSA 420-B:20, III to read as follows:

III. The requirements of RSA 400-A:39, RSA 401-B, RSA 402-C, RSA 404-F, RSA 415:6-g, RSA 415:6-m, RSA 415:6-o, RSA 415:6-r, RSA 415:18, VII(g), RSA 415:18, VII-a, RSA 415:18, XVI and XVII, RSA 415:18-j, RSA 415:18-r, RSA 415:18-t, RSA 415:18-u, RSA 415:18-v, RSA 415:18-w, RSA 415-A, RSA 415-F, RSA 420-G, and RSA 420-J shall apply to health maintenance organizations.

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