HB 1338 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 1338
AN ACT relative to medical malpractice insurance rates.
SPONSORS: Rep. Phinizy, Sull 5; Rep. Baroody, Hills 13; Rep. Houde-Quimby, Sull 1; Rep. Pratt, Ches 2; Rep. Gorman, Hills 23
This bill freezes medical malpractice insurance rates until the medical malpractice panel and insurance oversight committee, established in 2005, 197, makes its report.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2320
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to medical malpractice insurance rates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Rate Filings; Temporary Freeze on Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates. Amend RSA 412:16 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rates for medical malpractice liability insurance shall remain at the levels for the year 2006 until the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the governor receive the final report of the committee to study medical malpractice insurance rates in this state and the mandatory panels for medical injury claims process established under RSA 519-B:11.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.