Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1690-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2012
\t01/04
HOUSE BILL\t1690-FN
AN ACT\textending the New Hampshire health protection program.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Sherman, Rock. 24; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills. 30; Rep. Weber, Ches. 1; Rep. Elliott, Rock. 8; Rep. Fothergill, Coos 1; Rep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. P. Brown, Hills. 31; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE:\tHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill extends the New Hampshire health protection program. The program currently would expire December 31, 2016.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2012
\t01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\textending the New Hampshire health protection program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Department of Health and Human Services; Premium Assistance Program. Amend RSA 126-A:5, XXV(a) to read as follows:
\t\tXXV.(a) Consistent with the time frames in this paragraph, there is hereby established the marketplace premium assistance program. This will be a premium assistance program for newly eligible adults and their eligible spouse and dependents, if applicable[, until December 31, 2016] and shall be administered by the department of health and human services. In order to receive medical assistance from the program, newly eligible adults who are ineligible for the HIPP program shall choose from any qualified health plans (QHPs) offered on the federally-facilitated exchange if cost effective; provided, however, that any newly eligible adult who had coverage under an alternative benefit plan (ABP) offered by a managed care organization (MCO) under paragraph XIX during the voluntary bridge to marketplace premium assistance program established under RSA 126-A:5, XXIV shall be automatically enrolled at the beginning of open enrollment in a comparable QHP by that same MCO if one is available, unless such newly eligible adult subsequently chooses a different QHP during the enrollment period. If a comparable QHP is not offered by the newly eligible adult's MCO then the newly eligible adult may choose from any QHPs, if cost effective. Provider payments shall be in an amount which shall be no less than before the effective date of this paragraph.
\t2 Department of Health and Human Services; Premium Assistance Program. Amend RSA 126-A:5, XXV(c) to read as follows:
\t\t\t(c) If the waiver to implement the marketplace premium assistance program is approved on or before March 31, 2015 then, coverage under the voluntary bridge to marketplace premium assistance program established in RSA 126-A:5, XXIV shall terminate on December 31, 2015. Enrollment in the marketplace premium assistance program shall begin on October 15, 2015 and coverage shall begin on January 1, 2016. [Coverage shall end on December 31, 2016.] The cost of the medical assistance provided under the marketplace premium assistance program shall be paid solely from federal funds as provided under 42 U.S.C. section 1396d(y).
\t3 New Hampshire Health Protection Program. Amend 2014, 3:10, I to read as follows:
\t\tI. If at any time the federal match rate applied to medical assistance for newly eligible adults under RSA 126-A:5, [XXIII] XXIV-XXV [between July 1, 2014 – December 31, 2016] is less than [100 percent] the amount as set forth in 42 U.S.C. section 1396d(y)(1), then RSA 126-A:5[, XXIII,] XXIV[,] and XXV shall immediately be repealed upon notification by the commissioner of the department of health and human services to the secretary of state and the director of legislative services.
\t4 Repeal. 2014, 3:13, I-a as inserted by 2015, 275, 260 relative to the prospective repeal of the New Hampshire health protection plan, is repealed.
\t5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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HB 1690-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\textending the New Hampshire health protection program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.