SB 380 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2601

01/03

SENATE BILL 380

AN ACT requiring an insurer participating in the health exchange to include access to a hospital in each county of the state.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Rep. Cloutier, Sull 10; Rep. Gagnon, Sull 5; Rep. O’Hearne, Sull 3; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull 11; Rep. Grenier, Sull 7

COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill requires insurers participating in the health exchange to include access to a hospital in each county of the state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2601

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT requiring an insurer participating in the health exchange to include access to a hospital in each county of the state.

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

1 New Section; Health Exchange; Access to Hospital Required. Amend RSA 420-N by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

420-N:8-a Access to Hospitals Required. An insurer participating in the exchange under this chapter shall include access for its enrolled participants to a hospital, licensed under RSA 151, within each county of the state.

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