CHAPTER 248
HB 305 – FINAL VERSION
27Mar2007… 0828h
06/06/07 1931s
2007 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE BILL 305
AN ACT establishing a task force to develop legislation for expanding access to affordable health insurance for the 2008 and 2009 legislative session.
SPONSORS: Rep. McLeod, Graf 2; Rep. Wall, Straf 7; Rep. DeStefano, Merr 13; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Kidder, Merr 1; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2
This bill establishes a task force to develop legislation for expanding access to affordable health insurance for the 2008 and 2009 legislative sessions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2007… 0828h
06/06/07 1931s
07-0885
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT establishing a task force to develop legislation for expanding access to affordable health insurance for the 2008 and 2009 legislative session.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
248:1 Task Force. There is established a task force to develop a legislative proposal for expanding access to affordable health insurance for the 2008 and 2009 legislative sessions of the general court.
I. The members of the task force shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) The commissioner of the insurance department, or designee.
(d) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
(e) A representative of the governor’s office, appointed by the governor.
(f) A representative of the New Hampshire community health centers, appointed by the governor.
(g) A representative of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, appointed by the association.
(h) A representative of the New Hampshire Medical Society, appointed by the society.
(i) A representative of the Endowment for Health, appointed by such organization.
(j) A representative of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, appointed by the center.
(k) A representative of the Institute for Health, Law and Ethics at Franklin Pierce Law Center, appointed by the dean of the law center.
(l) A representative of the health insurance industry, appointed by the insurance commissioner.
(m) A representative of small business, appointed by the governor.
(n) A representative of organized labor, appointed by the governor.
(o) A representative of the New Hampshire healthy kids corporation, appointed by the corporation.
(p) A representative of the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, appointed by the governor.
(q) A health care consumer, appointed by the governor.
II. The task force shall solicit information from any person or entity the task force deems relevant to its study.
III. All members of the task force shall be voting members.
IV. Legislative members of the task force shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the task force.
248:2 Duties. The task force shall analyze and evaluate options and programs for expanding access to affordable health insurance and develop legislation to be proposed in the 2008 and 2009 legislative sessions. Such analysis and evaluation shall include the review of:
I. Laws in other states regarding access to affordable health insurance.
II. Expansion of the New Hampshire healthy kids corporation.
III. Any other matters that the task force deems necessary.
248:3 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the task force shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the task force shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the task force shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Nine members of the task force shall constitute a quorum.
248:4 Report. The task force shall make an interim report with its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation for the 2008 legislative session on or before November 1, 2007, and a final report with its findings and any recommendations for legislation on or before November 1, 2009 to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library.
248:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 28, 2007
Effective: June 28, 2007