CHAPTER 249
HB 1526 –FINAL VERSION
11May2006… 2235eba
2006 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 1526
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill deletes the requirement that a medical director sit on the medical review subcommittee.
This bill was requested by the board of medicine.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11May2006… 2235eba
06-2690
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the composition of the medical review subcommittee of the medical review board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
249:1 Medical Review Subcommittee. Amend RSA 329:17, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. A medical review subcommittee of 7 members shall be nominated by the board of medicine and appointed by the governor and council. The subcommittee shall consist of one member of the board of medicine and 6 other persons, no more than 5 of whom shall be physicians[, one of whom shall be a medical director as defined in paragraph III-b of this section]. Any public member of the subcommittee shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the medical profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have, and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of medical services or an activity directly related to medicine, including the representation of the board or profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment. The subcommittee members shall be appointed for 3-year terms, and shall serve no more than 2 terms. Upon referral by the board, the subcommittee shall review disciplinary actions reported to the board under paragraphs II-V of this section, except that matters concerning a medical director involved in a current internal or external grievance pursuant to RSA 420-J shall not be reviewed until the grievance process has been completed. Following review of each case, the subcommittee shall make recommendations to the board. Funds shall be appropriated from the general fund for use by the subcommittee to investigate allegations under paragraphs I-V of this section. The board shall employ a physician as a medical review subcommittee administrator who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The salary of the medical review subcommittee administrator shall be established by the board in accordance with duties, experience, and amount of time required for the position.
249:2 Medical Review Subcommittee; Public Members. Amend RSA 329:17, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. A medical review subcommittee of [7] 9 members shall be nominated by the board of medicine and appointed by the governor and council. The subcommittee shall consist of one member of the board of medicine and [6] 8 other persons, [no more than] 3 of whom shall be public members and 5 of whom shall be physicians. Any public member of the subcommittee shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the medical profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have, and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of medical services or an activity directly related to medicine, including the representation of the board or profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment. The terms of the public members shall be staggered so that no 2 public members’ terms expire in the same year. The subcommittee members shall be appointed for 3-year terms, and shall serve no more than 2 terms. Upon referral by the board, the subcommittee shall review disciplinary actions reported to the board under paragraphs II-V of this section, except that matters concerning a medical director involved in a current internal or external grievance pursuant to RSA 420-J shall not be reviewed until the grievance process has been completed. Following review of each case, the subcommittee shall make recommendations to the board. Funds shall be appropriated from the general fund for use by the subcommittee to investigate allegations under paragraphs I-V of this section. The board shall employ a physician as a medical review subcommittee administrator who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The salary of the medical review subcommittee administrator shall be established by the board in accordance with duties, experience, and amount of time required for the position.
249:3 Nullification. Section 3 of 2006, 61 (HB 1517-FN) shall not take effect.
249:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect June 23, 2006.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 5, 2006
Effective: I. Section 2 shall take effect June 23, 2006.
II. Remainder shall take effect June 5, 2006