SB 554-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2865

09/08

 

SENATE BILL 554-FN

 

AN ACT relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows a data match process between the department of health and human services and the office of professional licensure and certification to ensure that Medicaid providers have current valid licensure.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2865

09/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Department of Health and Human Services; Commissioner of Health and Human Services.  Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XXXIV the following new paragraph:

XXXV.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the department of health and human services may participate in a data match process with the office of professional licensure and certification to ensure that Medicaid providers have current valid licensure by matching the provider's first and last name and the provider's social security number or other taxpayer identification number.

2  New Paragraph; Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; Duties of Executive Director.  Amend RSA 310:4 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the office of professional licensure and certification may participate in a data match process with the department of health and human services to ensure that Medicaid providers have current valid licensure by matching the provider's first and last name and the provider's social security number or other taxpayer identification number.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

 

LBA

24-2865

Revised 1/30/24

 

SB 554-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.

 

FISCAL IMPACT: [   ] State [   ] County [   ] Local [ X ] None

 

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification state this bill, as introduced, will have no fiscal impact.

 

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Professional Licensure and Certification