CHAPTER 194
HB 642-FN – FINAL VERSION
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2011 SESSION
01/05
HOUSE BILL 642-FN
AN ACT requiring the departments of health and human services and administrative services to jointly issue a certain request for information.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Nordgren, Graf 9
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires the commissioners of the departments of health and human services and administrative services to issue a request for information (RFI) soliciting information regarding the feasibility of unifying the public payors of health care benefits in a single pharmacy benefits manager. Under this bill, if the RFI suggests there would be savings under such system, the commissioners shall issue a request for proposal.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Mar2011… 0565h
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01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring the departments of health and human services and administrative services to jointly issue a certain request for information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
194:1 Request for Information Relative to Single Pharmacy Benefits Manager. The commissioners of the departments of health and human services and administrative services shall jointly issue a request for information (RFI) to solicit information on the feasibility and opportunities for efficiency or savings presented by unifying the public payors of health care benefits, including, but not limited, to Medicaid, state employees and retirees, and municipal employees and retirees, in a single pharmacy benefits manager. The RFI required under this section shall be issued no later than 90 days after passage of this act. The commissioners shall submit a report to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and the oversight committee on health and human services established in RSA 126-A:13 no later than 60 days following the completion of the RFI process summarizing the information received. If the RFI suggests that there would be increased efficiency and savings, the commissioners shall jointly issue a request for proposal (RFP) within 6 months of the report required under this section and the cost of the RFP shall be borne by the affected groups in proportion to their covered lives.
194:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 14, 2011
Effective Date: June 14, 2011