Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight
SB 360 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
01/08
SENATE BILL 360
AN ACT relative to the issuance of itemized bills for medical services.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Rep. Muns, Rock 21; Rep.?M.?Smith, Straf 6; Rep. Butler, Carr 7; Rep. Sherman, Rock 24
COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services
This bill clarifies the law requiring health care providers to provide patients with itemized bills for medical services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2708
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to the issuance of itemized bills for medical services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Itemized Bills for Medical Services Required. Amend RSA 151:12-a, I to read as follows:
I. Any provider of medical services, including physicians, facilities licensed under this chapter and nursing homes as defined in RSA 151-A:1, IV, who is to receive payment from a third party shall provide the person receiving such services and the third party with an itemized statement within 30 days of such service. The statement shall contain a list of services rendered, the dates on which such services were rendered and the costs of those services[; provided, however, that a nonitemized bill may be rendered if it includes in large, easily readable print the following: “An itemized bill will be gladly submitted free of charge on request.”].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.