CHAPTER 84
HB 1622-FN - FINAL VERSION
16Feb2022... 0450h
2022 SESSION
22-2725
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1622-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires contracts between health care providers and carriers to include a provision that the provider notify the carrier when the provider is no longer accepting new patients. The bill also requires coverage for biologically-based mental illness to meet the access standards in RSA 420-J:7.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Feb2022... 0450h 22-2725
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
84:1 Managed Care Law; Provider Contract Standards. Amend RSA 420-J:8 by inserting after paragraph XVII the following new paragraph:
XVIII. Every contract entered into after September 1, 2022 between a health carrier and any health care provider shall contain a provision that requires the health care provider to notify the carrier when the health care provider is no longer accepting new patients. Notification shall take place no more than 30 days after the date the health care provider is no longer accepting new patients.
84:2 Coverage for Certain Biologically-Based Mental Illnesses. Amend RSA 417-E:1, II to read as follows:
II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each insurer that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance and each nonprofit health service corporation under RSA 420-A and health maintenance organization under RSA 420-B providing benefits for disease or sickness in the state of New Hampshire shall provide benefits for treatment and diagnosis of certain biologically-based mental illnesses under [the same] access standards established in RSA 420-J:7, and under terms and conditions [and] which are no less extensive than the coverage provided for any other type of health care for physical illness.
84:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: January 01, 2023