Revision: Jan. 21, 2011, midnight
HB 237 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 237
AN ACT relative to federal mandated health insurance benefits.
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 27
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill requires any health insurance benefits implemented pursuant to federal health care reform to be 100 percent funded by federal funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0090
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to federal mandated health insurance benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Federal Health Care Reform 2010; Mandated Benefits. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 420-L:3 to read as follows:
The commissioner shall enforce the consumer protections and market reforms as set forth in the Act that relate to insurance; provided that any mandated health benefits shall be 100 percent federally funded. This shall not include the medical assistance program under RSA 167. The commissioner shall have full power and authority in accordance with the time frames set forth in the Act to:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.