Revision: Jan. 12, 2012, midnight
HB 440-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2011 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 440-FN
AN ACT requiring that New Hampshire join the lawsuit challenging federal health care reform legislation.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. Parsons, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This bill requires that New Hampshire join the lawsuit challenging federal health care reform legislation.
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11-0072
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring that New Hampshire join the lawsuit challenging federal health care reform legislation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Lawsuit Challenging the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The attorney general shall, as soon as practicable, join the lawsuit (State of Florida et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services et al.) challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
11-0072
Revised 01/26/11
HB 440 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring that New Hampshire join the lawsuit challenging federal health care reform legislation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Insurance Department and Department of Justice state this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by an indeterminable amount, reduce state restricted revenues by $120,000 and reduce state restricted expenditures by approximately $18,120,000 in FY 2012 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Insurance Department and Department of Justice state this bill requires that New Hampshire join the lawsuit challenging federal health care reform legislation and repeals the authority for state implementation of federal health care reform. The Department of Justice states this bill will result in Department expenses to participate in telephone conferences, research, drafting of pleadings and briefs, and possibly out-of-state travel. Because it is not clear whether the case will be appealed to federal circuit court or the United States Supreme Court, the Department is unable to estimate the fiscal impact at this time.
The Insurance Department states this bill eliminates the position of health reform coordinator and so will reduce restricted revenues and expenditures from the Department’s assessment fees by approximately $120,000 in FY 2012 and each year thereafter. This bill also eliminates the federally qualified high risk pool which currently insures approximately 80 people. The Department estimates the elimination of this pool will reduce federal expenditures by approximately $18,000,000 from FY 2012 through FY 2014. Additionally, the Department states this bill would shift administrative responsibilities for federal health care reform to the federal government, which may reduce state restricted revenues and expenditures from the Department’s assessment on insurance companies and increase federal expenditures, but the Department is unable to calculate the exact fiscal impact at this time.