Bill Text - HB1294 (2014)

Requiring that all providers be allowed to participate in the health exchange.


Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight

HB 1294 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2399

01/03

HOUSE BILL 1294

AN ACT requiring that all providers be allowed to participate in the health exchange.

SPONSORS: Rep. B. Nelson, Carr 5; Rep. Groen, Straf 10; Rep. Parsons, Straf 1; Rep. Jones, Straf 24; Rep. Merrow, Carr 5; Rep. Ladd, Graf 4; Rep. Lavender, Carr 5

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that all willing providers in the state be allowed to participate in the health 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2399

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT requiring that all providers be allowed to participate in the health exchange.

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

1 New Section; Health Exchange; Inclusion of All Providers. Amend RSA 420-N by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

420-N:8-a Inclusion of All Providers. An insurer participating in the health exchange under this chapter shall allow any willing provider in the state the opportunity to negotiate in good faith to participate in its exchange network.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.