Revision: April 4, 2017, 3:33 p.m.
SB 158 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/29/2017 1043s
2017 SESSION
17-0969
01/04
SENATE BILL 158
AN ACT relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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This bill declares that if substance use disorder services are a covered benefit under a health benefit plan, a health carrier that has authorized or approved medication-assisted treatment for such services shall not require a renewal of a prior authorization more frequently than once every 12 months.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/29/2017 1043s 17-0969
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Managed Care Law; Authorization for Substance Use Disorders. Amend RSA 420-J by inserting after section 17 the following new section:
420-J:18 Authorization for Medication-Assisted Treatment. Whenever substance use disorder services are a covered benefit under a health benefit plan subject to this chapter, a health carrier that has authorized or otherwise approved medication-assisted treatment for such services shall not require a renewal of such authorization more frequently than once every 12 months.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.