CHAPTER 213
SB 163 – FINAL VERSION
2015 SESSION
15-0379
01/06
SENATE BILL 163
AN ACT relative to wholesale hospital-to-hospital laboratory and testing services.
SPONSORS: Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Rep. Hunt, Ches?11; Rep. MacKay, Merr 14; Rep. McMahon, Rock 7; Rep. Butler, Carr 7; Rep.?Kotowski, Merr 24
This bill clarifies the “usual and customary” charges for provider services under the medical assistance program.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0379
01/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to wholesale hospital-to-hospital laboratory and testing services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
213:1 Department of Health and Human Services; Charges for Provider Services Under the Medical Assistance Program. Amend RSA 126-A:3, III(d) to read as follows:
(d) The commissioner may waive the application of RSA 126-A:3, III if the commissioner determines such action is necessary to ensure a continuum of care and service to persons served by community mental health centers, [or] to avert serious economic hardships to mental health centers, or to ensure that hospitals may contract for wholesale hospital-to-hospital laboratory and testing services.
213:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 6, 2015
Effective Date: July 6, 2015