CHAPTER 95

SB 95 – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 95

AN ACT relative to choice of pharmacy under workers’ compensation.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 3

COMMITTEE: Commerce

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes that an injured employee has the right to choose his or her own pharmacy or pharmacist for purposes of medicines required under workers’ compensation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to choice of pharmacy under workers’ compensation.

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

95:1 New Paragraph; Workers’ Compensation; Pharmacy Choice. Amend RSA 281-A:23 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. An injured employee shall have the right to select his or her own pharmacy or pharmacist for dispensing and filling prescriptions for medicines required under this chapter.

95:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.

Approved: June 20, 2013

Effective Date: January 1, 2014