HB264 (2007) Detail

Relative to a time period for declaring a person to be cancer free.


HB 264 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 264

AN ACT relative to a time period for declaring a person to be cancer free.

SPONSORS: Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Matthew Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill declares a person to be cancer free for insurance coverage purposes after 5 years of negative testing.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to a time period for declaring a person to be cancer free.

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

1 New Section; Insurance Coverage; Cancer. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 6-a the following new section:

415:6-aa Insurance Coverage; Cancer. For the purposes of accident and health insurance policies, a person shall be considered cancer free after 5 years of negative testing.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.