SB 380 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.