Bill Text - HB1297 (2012)

(New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges.


Revision: March 8, 2012, midnight

HB 1297 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1297

AN ACT relative to health care exchanges.

SPONSORS: Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. Lambert, Hills 27; Rep. Sorg, Graf 3; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Peterson, Hills 19; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 5; Rep. Groen, Straf 1; Rep. Jennifer Coffey, Merr 6; Rep. O’Brien, Hills 4; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the state of New Hampshire from planning, creating, or participating in a state health care exchange or a federal health care exchange.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to health care exchanges.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Prohibition. Amend RSA 420-N by inserting after section 6 the following new section:

420-N:7 Prohibition. The state of New Hampshire and all of its agencies, departments, and subdivisions and any government in New Hampshire shall not plan, create, participate in or enable a state exchange for health insurance or a federal health insurance exchange, including, but not limited to, the exchange requirements of the Act. In addition, the state of New Hampshire and all of its agencies, departments, and subdivisions and any government in New Hampshire shall not contract with any private entity to plan, create, or enable a state exchange for health insurance or a federal health insurance exchange, including, but not limited to, the exchange requirements of the Act.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.