HB 271 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0244

01/09

HOUSE BILL 271

AN ACT stating that New Hampshire will not accept expanded Medicaid.

SPONSORS: Rep. W. O'Brien, Hills 5; Rep. Comerford, Rock 33

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the commissioner of the department of health and human services from expanding Medicaid pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0244

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT stating that New Hampshire will not accept expanded Medicaid.

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

1 New Paragraph; Commissioner’s Duties; Prohibition on Expanded Medicaid. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XXI the following new paragraph:

XXII. The commissioner shall not accept any federal moneys or in any way expand Medicaid pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152.

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