CHAPTER 195
SB 254 – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
01/04
SENATE BILL 254
COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection
This bill clarifies the provider’s right to legal representation during contract negotiations with a health carrier.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-1301
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to legal representation during contract negotiations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
195:1 New Paragraph; Managed Care; Provider Standards. Amend RSA 420-J:8 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:
XIII. No health carrier shall interfere with a provider’s right to legal representation during contract negotiations by restricting the provider’s right to share confidential information with counsel or by refusing to negotiate directly with counsel selected by a provider as long as the provider receives assurance that counsel agrees to keep confidential the information exchanged during the course of negotiations to the same extent the provider is obligated to keep such information confidential.
195:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: August 17, 2007