CHAPTER 177
HB 237 – FINAL VERSION
24Mar2009… 0721h
2009 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 237
AN ACT relative to accident and health insurance short-term policies.
SPONSORS: Rep. Reardon, Merr 11
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill clarifies the procedures for short-term accident and health insurance policies.
This bill is a request of the insurance department.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24Mar2009… 0721h
09-0729
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to accident and health insurance short-term policies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
177:1 Accident and Health Insurance; Short-Term Policies. Amend RSA 415:5, III to read as follows:
III. Nonrenewable, individual health insurance policies which provide medical, hospital, or major medical expense benefits for a specified term may be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state[; however,] for purposes of providing short-term, interim coverage only and no such policy shall provide coverage for a specified term in excess of 6 months, nor shall any such policy be issued in this state to a person who was previously covered [by more than 2 such policies] under short-term medical policies providing in total more than 540 days of coverage within the preceding 24-month period.
177:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 13, 2009
Effective Date: September 11, 2009