Revision: Dec. 14, 2015, midnight
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2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1404-FN
AN ACT\trelative to certain director positions in the insurance department.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. Flanders, Belk. 3
COMMITTEE:\tExecutive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill establishes certain positions within the department of insurance.
\tThis bill is a request of the insurance department.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to certain director positions in the insurance department.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Insurance Department; Department Positions. Amend RSA 400-A:6, VII to read as follows:
\t\tVII. The commissioner shall appoint, as the commissioner's assistants, a director of examinations, a life, accident and health actuary, a health policy legal counsel, a health care policy analyst, a health care statistician, a general counsel, an insurance fraud attorney, a senior insurance fraud investigator, a property and casualty actuary, an assistant property and casualty actuary, a workers' compensation analyst, a compliance and enforcement counsel, a communications director, and a health reform coordinator, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner during good behavior. The director of examinations, life, accident and health actuary, health policy legal counsel, health care policy analyst, health care statistician, general counsel, insurance fraud attorney, senior insurance fraud investigator, property and casualty actuary, assistant property and casualty actuary, workers' compensation analyst, compliance and enforcement counsel, communications director, and health reform coordinator, shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the commissioner may authorize.
\t2 Insurance Department; Department Positions. RSA 400-A:6, VII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
\t\tVII. The commissioner shall appoint, as the commissioner's assistants, a director of examinations, a life, accident and health actuary, a health policy legal counsel, a health care policy analyst, a health care statistician, a general counsel, an insurance fraud attorney, a senior insurance fraud investigator, a property and casualty actuary, an assistant property and casualty actuary, a workers' compensation analyst, a compliance and enforcement counsel, a financial examination supervisor, a communications director, and a health reform coordinator, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner during good behavior. The director of examinations, life, accident and health actuary, health policy legal counsel, health care policy analyst, health care statistician, general counsel, insurance fraud attorney, senior insurance fraud investigator, property and casualty actuary, assistant property and casualty actuary, workers' compensation analyst, compliance and enforcement counsel, communications director, and health reform coordinator, shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the commissioner may authorize.
\t3 Contingency. RSA 400-A:6, VII as inserted by section 2 of this act shall take effect when 2013, 205:1 takes effect as provided in 2013, 205:3.
\t4 Repeal. RSA 400-A:6, III-b-III-d, and VI, relative to certain positions in the department, are repealed.
\t\tI. Section 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3.
\t\tII. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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HB 1404-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to certain director positions in the insurance department.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2020.