Revision: March 11, 2009, midnight
SB 80 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 80
AN ACT requiring insurance coverage for services provided by athletic trainers.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection
This bill requires insurance coverage for the services of athletic trainers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0856
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT requiring insurance coverage for services provided by athletic trainers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Coverage for Services Provided by Athletic Trainers; Individual. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 6-o the following new section:
415:6-p Coverage for Services Provided by Athletic Trainers; Individual. Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses, shall provide to certificate holders of such insurance, who are residents of this state, coverage for expenses arising from the services of licensed and credentialed athletic trainers if the health insurer would reimburse another health care provider for such services and provided that the athletic trainer acts within the scope of practice authorized under RSA 326-G and its rules and the rules of the office of allied health professionals. Benefits provided shall not be subject to any greater co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance than any other similar benefits provided by the insurer.
2 New Section; Coverage for Services Provided by Athletic Trainers; Group. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 18-t the following new section:
415:18-u Coverage for Services Provided by Athletic Trainers; Group. Each insurer that issues or renews any policy of group or blanket accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses, shall provide to each group, or to the portion of each group comprised of certificate holders of such insurance who are residents of this state, coverage for expenses arising from the services of licensed and credentialed athletic trainers if the health insurer would reimburse another health care provider for such services and provided that the athletic trainer acts within the scope of practice authorized under RSA 326-G and its rules and the rules of the office of allied health professionals. Benefits provided shall not be subject to any greater co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance than any other similar benefits provided by the insurer.
3 Coverage for Services Provided by Athletic Trainers; Hospital Service Corporations. Amend RSA 420-A:2 to read as follows:
420-A:2 Applicable Statutes. Every health service corporation shall be governed by this chapter and the relevant provisions of RSA 161-H, and shall be exempt from this title except for the provisions of RSA 400-A:39, RSA 401-B, RSA 402-C, RSA 404-F, RSA 415-A, RSA 415-F, RSA 415:6, II(4), RSA 415:6-g, RSA 415:6-k, RSA 415:6-m, RSA 415:6-o, RSA 415:18, V, RSA 415:18, VII-a, RSA 415:18, XVI and XVII, RSA 415:18-a, RSA 415:18-j, RSA 415:18-o, RSA 415:18-r, RSA 415:18-t, RSA 415:18-u, RSA 415:22, RSA 417, RSA 417-E, RSA 420-J, and all applicable provisions of title XXXVII wherein such corporations are specifically included. Every health service corporation and its agents shall be subject to the fees prescribed for health service corporations under RSA 400-A:29, VII.
4 Coverage for Services Provided by Athletic Trainers; Health Maintenance Organizations. Amend RSA 420-B:20, III to read as follows:
III. The requirements of RSA 400-A:39, RSA 401-B, RSA 402-C, RSA 404-F, RSA 415:6-g, RSA 415:6-m, RSA 415:6-o, RSA 415:18, VII-a, RSA 415:18, XVI and XVII, RSA 415:18-j, RSA 415:18-r, RSA 415:18-t, RSA 415:18-u, RSA 415-A, RSA 415-F, RSA 420-G, and RSA 420-J shall apply to health maintenance organizations.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.