Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
HB 423 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE BILL 423
AN ACT relative to insurance premiums for medical malpractice liability insurance.
SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Soltani, Merr 8; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14
This bill requires medical malpractice insurers to base medical malpractice premium rates for medical malpractice liability insurance on New Hampshire statistics instead of national statistics.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0892
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to insurance premiums for medical malpractice liability insurance.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Premium Rates for Medical Malpractice Rates. Amend RSA 400-A by inserting after section 15-b the following new section:
400-A:15-c Premium Rates for Medical Malpractice Insurance. Notwithstanding any rule or provision of law to the contrary, insurers shall base medical malpractice premium rates for medical malpractice liability insurance on New Hampshire statistics not national statistics.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.