CHAPTER 296
HB 1252 – FINAL VERSION
05/05/10 1767s
2010 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 1252
AN ACT relative to the duration of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.
SPONSORS: Rep. Nixon, Hills 17; Rep. Craig, Hills 9; Rep. McEachern, Rock 16
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill increases the duration of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/05/10 1767s
10-2245
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the duration of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
296:1 Medical Payments. Amend RSA 264:16, I to read as follows:
I. Any motor vehicle liability policy, as defined in RSA 259:61, covering a private passenger automobile and issued with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, shall provide medical payments coverage therein or supplemental thereto in an amount equal to or greater than $1,000 per person for medical costs incurred as a result of injuries sustained in an accident involving the insured vehicle by the driver and passengers in said vehicle. Such coverage shall apply only to medical costs incurred during [one year] 3 years following the date the injuries are sustained.
296:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.
Approved: July 13, 2010
Effective Date: January 1, 2011